This is a worldwide list of people who were killed for being transgender. The list does not include suicides, accidental deaths, or premature deaths. Some of the perpetrators in these cases cite the trans panic defense. Violence against transgender people is also known as trans bashing.

Background

The murder of trans people has served as an impetus to the establishment of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). In 2019, the American Medical Association called the violence against trans people an "epidemic". In 2020, ABC News "independently confirmed 34 violent deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people in 2020 at the time of publication." This was published by Good Morning America. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 57 transgender and gender non-conforming people were killed in 2021, surpassing the total from 2020 of 44 people.

Before 1990

Nazi Germany

The Nazi Regime targeted, imprisoned, and killed an indeterminate number of transgender people, especially trans women. Like many sent to concentration camps, the ultimate fates of specific transgender prisoners are usually uncertain, but records exist of a small number of known victims.

Indonesia

The Indonesian 1960s Islamic New Order regime also targeted transgender individuals for violent persecution. Long home to a variety of transgender and third-gender identities, the new government cracked down on ceremonies and rituals of the non-binary bissu community. Individuals were subjected to public head-shaving, while some were tortured and murdered; reports from the time indicate bissu were given the choice of detransition or death. In Bone, the bissu Sanro Makgangke was decapitated, and their head was displayed publicly as a threat to others.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s