Case
nr.
Time of
incident
Date of
incident
Place of
incident
43
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
28.12.2014 Ankara,
Turkey
The victim is shot in her leg four times by the
perpetrators whose identities are unknown.
She is taken to the hospital and she is in good
health.
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Location, Degree of
violence, Victim
perception
The level of violence is high and
the victim believes that she was
shot because she is doing sex
work on the street.
Victim, Civil
society
organisation
Private individual
44
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
13.02.2014 Ankara,
Turkey
The victim works in Diskapi, a district where sex
workers wait for the client in Ankara. A client
comes and they agree on the money. However,
the client does not pay the full amount of
money. Therefore, the victim wants to get out
of the car. The client insults her by saying
"faggot and slut". She points pepper spray at
the client but she does not use it. After the
incident, she goes back to where she works.
Assault, Threats
and/or
psychological
violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Language used
(written, gestures,
graffiti), Victim
perception
The language used against the
victim is whorephobic and
transphobic.
Victim
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Language used
(written, gestures,
graffiti), Victim
perception
The perpetrator knew (or
Victim
thought) victim was trans or had
a trans history and language
clearly indicates that the
incident was hate-motivated.
Description of incident
Type of
incident
Basis for bias
Bias indicator
Clarification of bias
indicator
Source of
Type of perpetrator
information
Description of
perpetrator
Response of local
authorities
Impact of the
incident
No information
available.
No information available.
No information available.
Client of sex worker
No information
available.
No information available.
No information available.
Private individual
Perpetrator was
year below victim
in secondary
school 3 years
before the
incident.
No information available.
Victims' hands and arms
were lightly bruised from
defending themselves.
Victim’s face was
severally bruised and
their right eye swelled
and they couldn't see out
of it for a day. Victim is
afraid to use that
bathroom for fear of that
bathroom attendant
harming them.
Incidents from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, recorded by Trans Equality Network Ireland
45
Unkown
07.05.2014
Ireland
Some people (3) victim used to go to secondary
school with happened to be at a college event
where the victim was at. They recognized and
approached and harassed the person about
their past and surgical history. One guy called
the victim a dyke. Eventually they stopped after
40 min of the victim explaining and standing up
to them. One of them saw the person in the
bathroom later that night and had the
bathroom attendant throw them out of the
bathroom whilst still using the toilet. The
bathroom attendant called the victim names
and threatened their life several times before
the victim vacated the bathrooms. The event
security was notified and their solution was
that the victim retained from using the male
bathrooms and instead use the disabled neutral
toilet inside the coat room section, which
meant being outed to the staff at the coat
room. The incident didn't end there however,
later on in the night victim was assaulted by
same guy that asked the bathroom attendant
to throw the victim out. He cornered them on
the dancefloor when the place was crowded
and repeatedly punched the right side of their
face until the security staff pulled the two of
them outside. They assessed the situation and
barred the guy from the event. Afterwards they
asked the victim politely to call it a night and go
home and not call the guards as "the guards
wouldn't help a gender bender such as the
victim".
Assault, Threats
and/or
psychological
violence
11