Description of incident
Date of incident Time of incident
Place of incident
Type of incident
Basis for bias
Bias indicator
Clarification of bias indicator
Source of information
Type of perpetrator
Description of perpetrator
Response of local authorities
Impact of the incident
Baku, Azerbaijan
Homicide
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Degree of violence
The brutal act is likely to indicate hate
motivation.
Civil society organisation
Unknown
No information available.
No information available.
No information available.
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Difference between suspect
and victim, Language used
(written, gestures, graffiti),
History of previous bias
crimes, Victim perception
The perpetrator clearly mentioned the
trans status and was threatening with his
eyes and put his hand in his pocket like
holding his knife.
Victim
Private individual, Schoolmate
22 year old man who had been in
No report to the police.
prison and is only discharged
conditionally. They say he was in
prison because of murder. Young girl,
girlfriend of the guy.
Language used (written,
gestures, graffiti), Victim
perception
The victim felt that the motive for the
assault was transphobia, this was echoed
by language used too.
Victim
Private individual
Two men
Police was supportive when they
No information available.
arrived. Victim reported the incident to
the website owner but they banned her
and not the perpetrator from the site.
She has started her transition recently and Victim
her trans status is very visible.
Private individual
A man in his fourties walking on the
street with his partner and child.
No report to the police.
Incidents from Azerbaijan, recorded by TGEU's Trans Murder Monitoring project
A trans person was stabbed multiple times and her body was found
in her rented apartment.
2/28/2015 Unknown
Incidents from Hungary, recorded by Transvanilla Transgender Association
In the evening school, one classmate of the victim brought her
boyfriend to the classroom. The guy was bickering with others also,
to the trans victim he said "it might feel shitty being without a d*ck".
In the break they tried to ask the teacher to send the guy out of the
room, but nothing happened. The girlfriend called the trans boy
because of this "beast punk". The boyfriend continued threatening
the victim (fidgeting in his pocket as if playing with a knife) and it
the end, another classmate asked his brother to pick up the trans
guy by car and take him home safe.
3/4/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Hungary
Victim met with a man on an online dating site, and the guy came to
visit her but he was not alone, but brought a friend to beat her up.
She managed to escape to the room where the trashbins are and
could lock the door. She called the police but the two men were
gone when the police arrived.
3/26/2015 Unknown
Hungary
Assault
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
A trans woman on her way to her workplace was passing by a family
and without any warning, the man tried to hit her but she could get
out of the way. The woman asked what the incident was for and then
was threatened by the man.
7/14/2015 morning: 5 am to 12
pm
Hungary
Assault
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
At the exit from the underground metro station, the ticket controller
stopped the trans woman by grabbing her arm aggressively and said
"come here my faggot". On the way in, the ticket machine did not
function thus the controller punched the ticket manually. At the exit,
the other ticket controller disregarded this and fined the person for
holding an invalid ticket.
8/14/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am
Hungary
Victim perception
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Abusive behaviour
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sexual
orientation
Language used (written,
gestures, graffiti), Victim
perception
The ticket controller used abusive
language ("faggot").
Villa d'Abba, Italy
Homicide
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Degree of violence
The brutal act is likely to indicate hate
motivation.
Victim
Victim was almost crying in the
car because of experiencing
something like this again, since
he had to change school
because of bullying before.
She was dumbfounded and can
not understand why people deal
with others like that.
Ticket controller
Female ticket controller, between 25- Not reported to police.
35
The victim was shocked by the
physical contact as controllers
do not have the right to touch
passengers.
Media
Unknown
No information available.
No information available.
No information available.
Incidents from Italy, recorded by TGEU's Trans Murder Monitoring project
The victim was a Brazilian trans person. She was murdered and had
multiple stab wounds all around her body by different weapons. She
tried to escape and was shot in the back.
2/14/2015 No information
Incidents from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, recorded by Transgender Equality Network Ireland
A trans person faced bullying and outing on an online app by
teenagers.
5/15/2015 No information
Ireland
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Language used (written,
gestures, graffiti)
Language used previously and online
Victim
teenager boys
No information available.
No information available.
No information available.
A transmasculine person was followed by a group of men in a
shopping mall. One of the men also harassed the person sexually.
5/17/2015 No information
Ireland
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Sexual assault
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Victim perception
Victim felt that the incident was biasmotivated.
Victim
group of men
No information available.
The case was reported to the police,
they considered it a sexual assault.
After investigation, nothing was found.
The person was panicking.
A non-binary person was chased and harassed on the street, when
walking with their girlfriend. They were threatened by rape.
5/21/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Ireland
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Victim perception, Langauage Victim felt that the incident was biasVictim
used, Timing
motivated. The event happened one night
before the equal marriage referendum.
one man
No information available.
No information available.
No information available.
Ireland
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Assault
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Victim perception, Langauage Victim felt that the incident was biasused
motivated.
one man
-
The incident was not reported to the
police.
Victim was afraid to go out in
the city alone for a few days
and felt vulnerable.
A trans woman was harassed, chased, knocked off their bicycle and
threatened.
6/5/2015 No information
Victim
Incidents from Kyrgyzstan, recorded by Labrys Kyrgystan
When victim came out of her house, she was chased by three men
who followed her, and when she ran away, they began to run after
her and shouted "fag", but she managed to escape.
1/3/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Kyrgyzstan
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Difference between suspect
and victim, Language used
(written, gestures, graffiti)
Transphobic language was used by
perpetrators.
Victim
Gang
Three strongly built men
No information available.
Victim felt insecure and fearful
after the incident.
6-8 policemen forced a MTF-cross-dresser to undress, then the
victim was filmed on camera. That film was distributed on media by
the assailants. The incident was accompanied with humiliation and
mockery. Policemen said that the victim is disgusting, because men
shouldn't have women's dresses and called victim a faggot.
Policemen furthermore stole the victim's phone and money. Case
occurred at the police station.
3/13/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am
Kyrgyzstan
Sexual assault, Threats
and/or psychological
violence, Cyber hate
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Location, Language used
(written, gestures, graffiti)
Transphobic language was used.
Civil society organisation
Police
Policemen, some of them wore
uniform
No information available.
Victim was in need of
psychological support after
suffering severe trauma.
Trans woman sex worker met with a client at a prearranged location.
The meeting took place in the client's car. The client asked the
victim to close her eyes to kiss. After the victim closed her eyes, the
client hit her in the kidney and breast. After that, she began to
defend herself and they had a fight. Perpetrator forced her out of the
car and continued to beat the victim accompanying the action with
insults, the victim doesn't want to clarify the insults.
3/22/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am
Kyrgyzstan
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence),
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
Language used (written,
identity/Gender
gestures, graffiti), Victim
expression, Sex work perception
status
Specially planned violence against trans
woman and language used. The
perpatrator said that they clean the city.
Victim
Client of sex worker
Victim provided us just with
information about his age. He is 22.
No information available.
No information available.
Victim's brother applied serious physical violence and threats
against her. In the words of the victim, he also used language of
hatred.
3/17/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am
Kyrgyzstan
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Difference between suspect
and victim, Language used
(written, gestures, graffiti)
Domestic violence and transphobic
language was used.
Victim
Sibling
Athletic man
The perpatrator was taken into custody The violence occurred in the
for 15 hours.
house of the victim, which has
not been seen by anybody.
On May 17, 2015 in Bishkek, representative of the movement
"Kalys" and "Kyrk Choro" illegally broke into the event of the LGBT
organization "Labrys", dedicated to the celebration of the
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. All
participants were taken by force to the police station. Police tried to
make some participants of the event to show their genitals, by doing
so they were looking forward to spot transgender people among
participants.
5/17/2015 afternoon: 12 pm to 5
pm
Kyrgyzstan
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Attack against property,
including desecration
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sexual
orientation
Timing, Location, Language
used (written, gestures,
graffiti)
The participation of victims in the event
dedicated to the Day Against Homophobia
and Transphobia and language used.
Victim, Witness
Police, Organised hate group
Representatives of law enforcement
agencies and hate group of "Kalys"
and "Kyrk Choro"
No information available.
On 3 April 2015, the office of LGBTIQ organisation Labrys was
attacked: three bottles with explosives were thrown into the yard of
the human rights organisation, two of which caused open fire.
Labrys CCTV cameras have recorded two unknown persons, who
around 22:30 of April 3rd attacked the office of the organisation. In
spite of the open fire, the office building remained untouched by it,
ensuring that organisational property was safe. The nature of the
attack shows that the attackers were planning arson.
4/3/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am
Kyrgyzstan
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sexual
orientation
Location, Timing, Organised
hate groups, Degree of
violence
The motivation of this attack was a plan to
arson LGBTIQ people.
Civil society organisation
Organised hate group
Two person. Unfortunately, CCTV
No information available.
cameras have recorded two unknown
persons. The nature of the attack
suggests an organised hate group.
Activists felt unsafe and fearful
and had to relocate their office.
History of previous bias
crimes, Victim perception
Victim believes that the incident was
motivated by her gender identity and
expression. Perpetrator was in the
vulcanizing workshop, where one of the
employees tells everybody that she
''changed sex'' and ''used to be male''.
Victim
Private individual
Unknown male, about 20 years old.
Person was frightened and
quickly moved away from the
workshop. She cannot avoid
that place, because it is on the
road between her home and bus
station. She is anxious and
afraid and her legs are shaky
every time she goes by that
place.
Arson
No information available.
Incidents from Serbia, recorded by Gayten-LGBT
The victim was coming back home and passing by a vulcanizing
workshop, when a stranger from the workshop yelled at her: ''Fuck
off!'' She got very scared and started running away. She also stated
that in that workshop there is a person (employee) who tells
everybody that she ''used to be a male''.
1/13/2015 morning: 5 am to 12
pm
Serbia
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Abusive behaviour
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sexual
orientation
Two trans sex workers were standing near a hot spot (sex work
street venue) when two football fans, obviously drunk, approached
them and started insulting them. One of them took her bag to
defend herself, but one of the perpetrators pulled out a knife. She
managed to hit him, so he dropped the knife and they left.
2/21/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Serbia
Assault, Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
Language used (written,
identity/Gender
gestures, graffiti), Offender
expression, Sex work characteristics, Victim
status
perception
The perpetrators targeted the two sex
workers based on their location and used
offensive language.
Victim
Person was standing with other sex workers at a hotspot (sex work
venue) when a police car came and asked them for their IDs. When
police officer realized they were trans, he started insulting them.
Victim replied that she will write down his registration number.
Police officer pulled her in the car and took her to police station,
where he tried to illegally charge her with sex work. She had to
spend the night in custody.
3/10/2015 afternoon: 12 pm to 5
pm
Serbia
Threats and/or
psychological violence,
Discriminatory incidents
Gender
Location, Language used
identity/Gender
(written, gestures, graffiti),
expression, Sex work History of previous bias
status
crimes, Victim perception
The insults by the officer were transphobic
and whorephobic and the police officer
previously illegally detained other trans
sex workers too.
Victim
Landlord of a trans woman found out about her gender identity and
sexually harassed her, proposing her sexual intercourse '' because
he had never had that kind of experience''. After she refused, he
threatened her with his son, member of an extremist organization.
1/29/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Serbia
Sexual assault, Threats
and/or psychological
violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Language used (written,
gestures, graffiti), Victim
perception
Perpetrator states person's gender identity Victim
as basis for harassment.
Four days after victim's life story was made public, person was
attacked in the center of Novi Sad by a tall male person, shouting: ''I
will kill you, you faggot! I will slaughter you!''.
7/28/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9
pm
Serbia
Assault, Threats and/or
psychological violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Language used (written,
gestures, graffiti), Victim
perception
Perpetrator was shouting: ''I will kill you,
you faggot! I will slaughter you!''
Victim, Media
Turkey
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
Gender
Difference between suspect
identity/Gender
and victim, Location, Degree
expression, Sex work of violence, Victim perception
status
The level of violence as well as that the
incident happened in an area where sex
workers work show that it is a hate crime.
Also the victim thinks that she was
attacked bcs of her gender identity and
her profession.
Victim, Media, Civil society organisation Private individual
Gang
No information.
Younger men, short hair, football fans No information.
No information available.
Police
Middle aged man, smaller, light hair
and skin
No information.
No information.
Private individual
Older male person, landlord.
No information.
No information.
Tall male person, member of hate
group, familiar to perpetrator from
the time when she was member of
that group.
No information.
No information.
No information.
No information.
No information.
Private individual
Incidents from Turkey, recorded by Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association
The victim who is a member of an LGBT association is assaulted by 3
attackers while she works in a park in Adana. Her head and several
parts of her body are injured. She reports the incident to the police.
However, the police insultsher and does not take her complaint into
account seriously. The attackers are allowed to move away freely.
1/11/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am