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116: Number Of Transgender People Murdered In 2011 | One hundred and sixteen transgender people were murdered around the world in the first nine months of 2011, the Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) reports. Seven of the murders occurred in the United States, but most took place in Latin American countries. TMM, a project of Transgender Europe, estimates that at least 681 transgender people have been murdered in 50 countries since 2008.
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