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<h1 class="reader-title">Over 120 Trans People Murdered in
Brazil in 2019: Study</h1>
January 29, 2020</div>
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<p>Brazil is still the most perilous country in the world
for transexual people, according to the report issued
Wednesday by LGBT rights association <a
href="https://es-la.facebook.com/antrabrasil/posts/1216757678409579/"
target="_blank">Antra</a> on the National Day of the
Visibility of Trans people.</p>
<p>According to the document, 124 trans people - whose
gender identity does not match their sex assigned at
birth - have been murdered since 2019. Mexico, in the
second overall place, reported half that number.</p>
<p>Most of the murders in Brazilian territory took place
in the northeastern region, were 45 transgender persons
were killed.</p>
<p>However, in terms of absolute quantities, Sao Saulo was
the state with most deaths last year, with 21. Ceará
(North East) follows closely, with 11. The suspects were
identified only in eight percent of the cases.</p>
<p>Another fact explains the gravity of the violence, as
80 percent of the murders were "cruel," that is, most of
the deaths took place following excessive violence.</p>
<p>"LGBT-phobia, especially transphobia, is structural of
our society. As a result, this work tells the population
in general that the trans (people) are extremely
vulnerable and marginated," the Secretary of Political
Articulation for Antra and author of the report <a
href="https://medium.com/@brunagbenevides"
target="_blank">Bruna Benevides</a> said.</p>
<p>She added that Brazil dropped from position 55 to 68 in
the ranking of safe countries for the LGBT population.</p>
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