Mariana Leiva was seen, as she was every year, in the Liberia Festival horse parade on Sunday, March 4 riding Cacique, one of her beloved horses. Liberians and visitors saw her, perhaps without knowing who she was, but they saw her doing what she liked most. No one thought that the next day, La Negrura, as Mariana was called, would be murdered. If anyone had known, or if anyone had even suspected it, they would have gotten her off the horse and taken her far away. Who would imagine that death comes at the hands of someone who swore eternal love? Mariana was killed by her husband. It was femicide, and one of the eight that has been registered in the country this year. Today, a family suffers and women continue to be afraid. She and her husband were about to celebrate five years of marriage and had no children. Behind her seriousness and novice-like silence when she would first meet someone, she hid an absolute happiness.
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At least three transgender women have been killed in Honduras during the first week of July, according to local press reports and activists. Ferrera was with a group of transgender women when some men approached and shot at them. She was 40 years old. Another transgender woman present was also shot at the scene, after which she was taken to the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa.
Brazil still has the most reported trans murders in the world
This is a list of transgender people who were killed unlawfully across the world. The list does not include suicides , accidents , or other causes of premature death. Some of these cases cite the trans panic defense. Violence against transgender people is also known as trans bashing. During in the United States more than twenty transgender women were murdered, the largest number on record: [ citation needed ]. In , an official of the American Medical Association called the violence against trans people an "epidemic. Category:LGBT culture. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Please see the relevant discussion. The page should not be moved unless the discussion is closed with a summary describing the consensus achieved in support of the move.
It highlights the trans, non-binary and gender-variant people, at least, who were murdered in the 12 months from 1 October to 30 September There were five beheadings. Nine people were stoned to death. The majority of the people killed were trans women of color, often gunned down or beaten to death. Brazil murders and Mexico 71 , once again, lead the list of the most reported killings of trans women and men. Other killings have been reported in Pakistan, Colombia, France, the UK, and elsewhere around the world. Media organizations — including normally reputable names — are often guilty of misgendering the victims when they are trans, making it even more difficult to get a real sense of the problem.
