LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Prominent Argentine trans activist Diana Sacayán was found apparently stabbed to death at home in Buenos Aires. Sacayan’s body was found on October 13, 2015 and police are investigating it as a homicide and… Read More ›
brazil
Suspect charged in murder of Alabama trans woman; cops arrested following Brazil trans death
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — DNA confirmed that a body buried in George County, Alabama Mississippi was that of Alabaman trans woman Mercedes Williamson. She was reportedly buried on May 30, 2015 following a fatal stabbing. A suspect, Josh… Read More ›
European transgender tracking organization reports 1,700+ trans murders in 7 years
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Transgender Europe, a trans human rights organization established in 2005, reports 1,731 world-wide transgender murders since Jan 1, 2008 through December 31, 2014. In 2009, the organization started the Trans Murder Monitoring project to… Read More ›
UPDATED — Police transphobia in Brazil: One picture is worth a thousand words
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update March 22, 2015– This is from CNN: A Brazilian transgender woman has accused police of brutally beating her, shaving her head and stripping her of her clothes. Veronica Bolina was arrested on April… Read More ›
Trans woman murdered in Ohio, another tortured on video then killed in Brazil
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The number of reported trans deaths of late is sobering. But is this an uptick in actual murders? Although stats point to two trans murders every three days worldwide, it is too early to… Read More ›
Trans women murdered in Brazil and Australia
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Last week, a trans woman in Brazil died after she was was shot three times in the face by two men on a motorcycle as she walked down a busy street. According to Gay… Read More ›
Trans murder rate significantly higher than lesbian-gay says new study
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Of course, if you’re a regular reader of this space, you already knew that. But now, we have more research backing these stats up. The new study by the Organization of American States (OAS) used… Read More ›
Trans woman murdered near Fortaleza, Brazil
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Based on a translated news report, Brazilian trans woman Cecilia Marahouse (or Mara House) was shot reportedly 6 times just outside of Fortaleza on January 11th. Marahouse was a performer and was well known in… Read More ›
Brazilian trans model popularity explosion tempered by high rate of transgender killings
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — On one hand it’s gratifying to see mainstream media’s spotlight on Brazil’s transgender models, bringing positive attention and “normalcy” to the huge number of trans people in that country, while on the other hand, the… Read More ›
Ten trans people a month are killed in Brazil — the stoning of ‘Madona’ is the latest
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT –Brazil, a country that is home to a large transgender population has reported over 100 transgender death so far in 2012. The latest is Madona– a popular and well-liked woman living in Aracaju. (Some reports have… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS 