Brazil had highest number of trans people murdered in 2025 - report

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This often comes up on threads. So not sure if it is the most accurate but here is one report on the number of trans people murdered in 2025.

Brazil had the highest number of trans people murdered in 2024; however, this year, the country reported 34% less murders, down from 122.

Globally, there were 281 reports of murders of trans and gender-diverse people in 2025, 90% of the victims were trans women and 88% of trans people murdered last year were Black or Brown.

68% of murders of trans people took place in Latin America and the Caribbean. Europe saw five murders while the US reported 31, down from 2024’s figure of 41.

Full articel at https://uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-had-highest-number-trans-130329819.html which has link to actual report.

No, I completely disagree, my posts are neither crass nor gross. It is a very serious topic and shying away from talking about barbarities that have occurred is quite honestly, shameful and rather telling in that you are limited in what you want to read and hear.

I’ll apologise for being 18 months out, I’d argue BG is “relevant” even if not within the 2025 title. Shameful.

Whats shameful? This isn’t about the UK. It’s about Brazil last year. Someone pointed out that there were no trans murders in the U.K. last year. There weren’t. You decided to irrelevantly drag in BG.

A murder two years ago is irrelevant to a discussion of murders last year. I’m not sure what point you imagine you’re making.

Also, that’s actually 3 years ago.

So not in 2025 then. Also, calling someone ‘a transgender’ is ignorant. Brianna was a teenager suffering from gender confusion, murdered by deeply disturbed friends.

Of course a murder that was committed in 2023 is irrelevant when discussing murders committed in 2025. Nobody is saying BG personally was irrelevant, just that that particular killing is statistically irrelevant to those that happened two years later. IndigoBluey can surely see that?

While I appreciate OP is referring to a specific document about murder rates, let's not see murder where the bar is set. We all know life-altering attacks stopping short of killing can be devastating, too. All is not rosy in the garden just because we've survived another day, for any of us.

BG was murdered 3 years ago. Brianna was not targeted for being trans. Referring to Brianna as ‘a transgender’ is very othering and objectifying. Brianna’s murder doesn’t contribute to a conversation about murder rate falling in Brazil last year.

I’m not great at reading stats, so am I right- the stats in Brazil seem to reflect sex workers, particularly those of colour, being vulnerable. Some of them were also trans. Being trans didn’t increase their risk.

Another article suggested that murder rates of all kinds are falling in the uk too, apart from murders of women. It’s reassuring that it’s going down overall, as you’d not guess that from the headlines. Disappointing that women are as vulnerable as ever.

I’m very tempted to attend my employers Trans Day of Remembrance event and innocently ask the organisers to “read out all the names of poor, vulnerable trans people who were murdered in the UK in 2025 so we can remember them individually.”

Sounds like that list would be a blank piece of paper.

I searched "number of murders in Brazil in 2025".

The AI response was "the number of trans murders..."

I was like wtf my search wasn't even about trans and that's the response you have given?

Total bullshit.

Yes but that was 2024 we are talking about murders in 2025 so my statement is correct zero trans murders in the uk.
However I can think of atleast 2 murders committed by transwomen in the UK last year.

I am aware of 9 maybe 10 murders of trans identifying people in the UK since records began. None of them were in Scotland ever. Also we are talking about the 2025 murder rate which is ZERO for the UK hence why you had to bring up a boy who was murdered by your own admission in 2024. If you have to go back to a different years data and start name dropping a child to prove your point you've already lost the argument.
Transwomen are the safest demographic in the UK however they are the most likely to commit a sexual offence. So please tell me why they are classed as the most vulnerable?

Sorry typo in both of my last posts BG died in 2023 not 2024
Edited because of my father thums hitting the wrong number again

There has been a lot of information this week from the Toshack v GEOAmey and the FWS v Scottish Ministers cases.

It appears that at least three men who identify as women and have been convicted of murder, are being held in the female estate in Scotland. (The number of females in prisons in Scotland is around 350.) There are also trans identifying men held in the male estate.

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie have produced a comprehensive summary of the situation:

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2026/01/26/why-does-the-scottish-prison-service-hold-men-convicted-of-murder-in-the-female-prison-estate-a-policy-timeline/

You keep referring to one tragic incident, whereas the discussion is more about statistics in general.
Every murder of any human being is a tragedy for them and their loved ones.
RIP to all of them.

But discussion about motivation of murders, and the identity of the victims, has to look beyond the tragic cases of individual victims, and take a broader look at patterns.

Looking at this broad level, the murder of a transgender person in Europe is so extremely rare that it seems unfair and even cruel to keep the trans community in a false state of fear of 'literal violence' or even 'literal genocide' .

It makes me wonder about why certain people keep cranking up the fear unnecessarily in this way - maybe it helps bolster the 'most marginalised' claim.

So your accusation that other posters are 'limited in what you want to read and hear is obviously wrong, when what has been posted is much broader in scope than the single, awful, tragic murder that you focus on.

0.2%

Probably. I spent ages trying to work it out.

It's sad how some allies of the trans community seem to be exercised in making that community in places like the UK fear that they're facing an elevated risk of murder.

I can't think this is helpful to the mental health of those in that community.

I agree. Keeping trans people in a constant state of hypervigilance about something that is very unlikely to happen can't be good for their emotional and mental well-being. Especially young people who are at a vulnerable stage in their emotional development.

It is, however, very good for producing groundless claims about 'literal genocide' which can be used to 'justify' violent acts against property and against women.

The more I think about it, the more things like 'days of remembrance' etc appear to be part of a cynical plan to stir up irrational fear which is not backed up by statistics.

88% of trans people murdered last year were Black or Brown
Bloody hell

One can get the impression that some trans allies don't view trans people so much as people as more a resource to be exploited for ideological ends. They also do the same with women.

It's not very kind is it?

a child was murdered by other children.

horrific and not part of this conversation

Shitpostingly spookily obviously not very kind when the basic facts widely reported during the trial are a simple google away.

Considering that there is no UK Women's Day of Remembrance, it would seem rather strange to ignore the 155 women who were murdered in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025.
Just saying this as a bloke.

Tragic as BG's murder was, do you know why it's always brought up by certain people? Because there aren't any other instances in the UK to discuss.