Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
A trans woman in Ankara was exposed to excessive physical violence by her partner. She needed medical help after the
incident.
Language used,
History of previous
bias crimes, Victim
perception
Partner has been acting violently before;
transphobic slurs were used.
Victim
Partner
Language used,
Organised hate
In Ankara, a sex worker trans woman was forced to get in a car with three men who claimed that they are policemen. She was
Gender identity/Gender
groups, History of
taken to a deserted place and she was raped there.
expression, Sex work status
previous bias crimes,
Witness perception
Specific targeting of the victim at a sex
work venue, witness also perceived the
incident hate-motivated given that
offenders posed as police officers to
intimidate the victim.
Victim, Witness
Gang
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
In Bursa, a sex worker cross-dresser was injured after she was assaulted with knife by 2 men in a sex work street venue. She
needed medical care.
Clear targeting of victim at sex work venue
where trans sex workers work, use of
Media
knife.
Gang
Police station
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence),
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Location, Timing,
Language used,
In Bursa, a sex worker trans woman was forcibly taken into custody by the police where she was badly beaten, threatened and History of previous
Gender identity/Gender
imposed an administrative fine by police. She needed medical care after the incident.
bias crimes, Offender expression, Sex work status
characteristics,
Victim perception
Previous transphobic incidents happened
in the area, police targeting sex work
venues and acting violently. Victim felt she
Media, LGBTIQ group
was singled out by the police for being a
trans sex worker and the transphobic slurs
used against her.
Bursa
Road
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
In Bursa, a trans woman was injured by another trans woman with a piece of glass in a transphobic attack. She needed
medical assistance.
History of previous
bias crimes, Victim
perception, Witness
perception
Gender identity/Gender
expression, Sex work status
Istanbul
Road
Serious bodily harm
(physical violence)
In Istanbul, a trans woman was shot at by a firearm. She needed medical care after the incident.
Offender
characteristics,
Degree of violence
130
3/2/2016
evening: 5 pm to 9 pm
Ankara
Home
131
6/6/2016
night: 9 pm to 5 am
Ankara
Deserted place outside the
city
Sexual assault, Threats
and psychological
violence
132
4/22/2016
night: 9 pm to 5 am
Bursa
Near sex work venue
133
9/8/2016
night: 9 pm to 5 am
Bursa
134
7/17/2016
evening: 5 pm to 9 pm
135
5/28/2016
afternoon: 12 pm to 5 pm
Location, Timing,
Degree of violence
Gender identity/Gender
expression
--
--
--
--
2 men
--
--
Police
--
--
--
Offender has been acting violently against
the victim before; both victim and witness Victim, Civil society organisation,
confirm that transphobia was involved as a LGBTIQ group
motive.
Friend
--
--
--
Gender identity/Gender
expression, Sex work status
Degree of violence and offenders in a gang
Media, LGBTIQ group
might indicate hate motivation.
Gang
2-3 men
--
--
Gender identity/Gender
expression, Sex work status
--
3 men claiming that they are police
officers
Incidents from Moldova, recorded by GENDERDOC-M within the framework of TGEU's ProTrans project
136
--
Unknown
Rural Moldova
Street
Assault
The 17-year-old trans woman was subjected to an attack based on her gender identity and expression on a street near her
home.
Victim perception
Gender identity/Gender
expression
Victim perceived the attack to be
motivated by bias against her gender
expression.
Victim
Gang
--
--
--
137
--
Unknown
Rural Moldova
Street
Assault
The 17-year-old trans woman was subjected to an attack based on her gender identity and expression on a street near her
home.
Victim perception
Gender identity/Gender
expression
Victim perceived the attack to be
motivated by bias against her gender
expression.
Victim
Gang
--
--
--
138
--
Unknown
Rural Moldova
Near home
Sexual assault, Threats
and psychological
violence
The 17-year-old trans woman was sexually assaulted by a male neighbour. In order to avoid his abusive behaviour, she came
out to him as trans. She then learned from other neighbours that the man had promised to “take revenge on her”. Due to the
possible repetition of attacks, she had to change residence.
Victim perception,
Language used
Gender identity/Gender
expression
Victim perceived the attack to be
motivated by bias against her gender
expression. Language used also indicates
hate motivation.
Victim
Neighbour
--
--
--
139
10/1/2016
Unknown
Chisinau
Bar
Assault
In October 2016, during the Coming Out Day celebration party, A., a 29-year-old event organiser and drag performer, was
subjected to a transphobic verbal assault, which almost turned into a physical attack, by a group of aggressive male visitors
outside a night club in Chișinău. When they were smoking alone outside, the group of five male visitors were leaving the
venue. The most aggressive one pushed A. into the wall with the entrance door. After A. told the assailant to be more careful,
he started to insult them and wanted to physically attack them. Thanks to the intervention of another club visitor and club
security, a physical attack was prevented.
Victim perception,
Language used,
Location, Timing
Gender identity/Gender
expression
Victim perceived the attack to be
motivated by bias against their gender
expression. Language used, the location
and timing of the incidnet also indicate
hate motivation.
Victim
Private individual
aggressive cis male person, part of a
group
--
--
Victim
Organised hate group
Young cis men with ultraright views.
--
--
Doctor
--
--
--
Incidents from Ukraine, recorded by Insight within the framework of TGEU's Eastern European Partnership Project
140
12/6/2016
--
Online
Online
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Trans man started to receive threats about rape and murder because of his trans status. Some ultraright groups in social
Organised hate
network shared his photos and hate speech towards him within their subscribers. He had received approximately 10-15 letters groups, Offender
with threats. The administers of social network replied that there was nothing of criminal nature happening and didn't block
characteristics,
the offender groups and chats with the trans man's photos.
Language used
Gender identity/Gender
expression
Language used clearly indicate anti-trans
hatred.
141
12/6/2016
--
Kiev
Hospital
Threats and/or
psychological violence
Trans woman was forced by surgeon to undergo an "examination" of her vagina. The doctor was member of the legal gender
recognition commission. He said that they cannot "believe" her documents about having had genital surgery and he doesn't
want but has to examine her. Victim needed a new ID card and was afraid of being refused if she doesn't consent to the
examination.
Gender identity/Gender
expression
During the meeting, transphobic language
Victim
was used.
Language used