#TDOR2016 - Schaut hin!
Am 20. November wird mit dem „Transgender Day of Remembrance“ (TDoR), dem „Gedenktag für die Opfer von Transphobie“, der Opfer transphober Gewalt gedacht. 295 Opfer sind alleine in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten zu beklagen.
In Europa führen Italien und die Türkei die traurige Opferliste mit je fünf ermordeten Transsexuellen bzw. Transgender an. Weltweit sind weiterhin Brasilien(123), Mexiko (52) und die USA (23) die tödlichsten Staaten für Menschen, die ihr Geschlecht selbstbestimmt leben wollen.
Die Namen und Todesumstände der 13 europäischen Opfer:
- Name: Vikki Thompson Age: 21 Date of death: 13/11/2015 Location of death: Leeds (UK) Cause of death: not reported Remarks: Vicky was found dead in her cell in a men's prison in Leeds. She had repeatedly asked to be sent to a female prison. Source: TvT project: The Daily Mail & BBC, 20.11.2015
- Name: Nilay Age: 33 Date of death: 23/11/2015 Location of death: Istanbul (Turkey) Cause of death: strangled Remarks: Nilay was stabbed and then strangled with a bathrobe belt. Source: TvT project: Kirmizisemsiye Organization & NSWP, 24.11.2015
- Name: Alev Age: not reported Date of death: 12/02/2015 Location of death: Istanbul (Turkey) Cause of death: stabbed Remarks: Alev was stabbed in the heart by a man who approached as a potential customer. Source: TvT partnet organisation Pembe Hayat & Spectrum, 04.12.2015
- Name: Angela Likin Age: not reported Date of death: 02/01/2016 Location of death: Ufa (Russia) Cause of death: stabbed Remarks: The victim was stabbed by a neighbour. Source: TvT project: Ufa1 & 24smi, 02.02.2016
- Name: L. F. Zarate Vilcas Age: 53 Date of death: 22/02/2016 Location of death: Rouen (France) Cause of death: shot Remarks: The victim was killed with a bullet in the head. Source: TvT project: Le Parisien & Normandie, 24.02.2016
- Name: Buse Age: 31 Date of death: 03/04/2016 Location of death: Bakirkoy (Turkey) Cause of death: stabbed Remarks: Buse lost her life due to a stab in her chest, waist and seven in the rest of her body. Source: TvT project: Kaos GL & LGBTI News Turkey, 07.03.2016
- Name: Katty Piscopo Age: 64 Date of death: 13/03/2016 Location of death: Naples (Italy) Cause of death: cut throat Remarks: The victim was found with a deep cut to the throat. Source: TvT project: napoli.repubblica & ilDesk, 13.03.2016
- Name: Aleda Age: not reported Date of death: 20/03/2016 Location of death: Çorlu (Turkey) Cause of death: stabbed Remarks: After a fight, the perpetrator stabbed Aleda and fled the crime scene. Source: TvT project: LGBTI News Turkey, 21.03.2016
- Name: G. Arrivoli Age: 41 Date of death: 05/11/2016 Location of death: Melito di Napoli (Italy) Cause of death: shot Remarks: Police said Arrivoli had been forced to kneel and had then been shot three times, twice in the head, in an execution-style killing. His body was found half buried in a ditch in remote countryside. Arrivoli was reportedly a high-ranking mafia boss within t Source: TvT project: The Mirror UK & Il Mmeridiano News, 11.05.2016
- Name: Bebel da Silva Age: 45 Date of death: 29/06/2016 Location of death: Florence (Italy) Cause of death: stabbed Remarks: Bebel, a Brazilian migrant and sex worker, was stabbed to death in her residence in Italy. Source: TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & R.It Firenze 29.06.2016.
- Name: T. F. Batista Age: 30 Date of death: 29/07/2016 Location of death: Rome (Italy) Cause of death: shot Remarks: They found her wrapped in a plastic bag in a green area near a condominium. Source: TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & T. F. B, 29.07.2016
- Name: Hande Kader Age: 23 Date of death: 08/12/2016 Location of death: Istanbul (Turkey) Cause of death: burned Remarks: A sex worker and trans activist, Kader was sexually assaulted and her body burned. She was last seen entering a client's car one night, and her body found in a forest in Istanbul. Source: TvT project: The Advocate & BBC, 19.08.2016 (blu berichtete)
- Name: Marta Baroni Age: 34 Date of death: 24/08/2016 Location of death: Brescia (Italy) Cause of death: not reported Remarks: Marta's body was found on a dumpster. The cause of death is unclear. Source: TvT project: Quotidiano & Affaritaliani, 25.08.2016
Alle 295 Opfer sind hier gelistet.
Seit 2008 wird die Liste geführt und leider jährlich erweitert. Inzwischen enthält sie 2.264 Einträge.
In vielen Ländern wird der TDOR auch von staatlichen Stellen beachtet, so veröffentlichte das Weiße Haus heute eine Mitteilung, die dazu aufruft, die Rechte von Transsexuellen, Transgender und Intersexuellen zu achten. In den USA ist in diesem Jahr ein regelrechter Kulturkampf um diese Rechte entbrannt. (blu berichtete)
Im britischen Liverpool leuchtete das Rathaus heute Nacht in den Farben der Transbewegung:
Auch in Leeds weht die Fahne zu Ehren der Opfer:
Über soziale Netzwerke melden sich auch Aktivisten in der Türkei zu Wort, deren Situation sich zusehends verschlechtert.