Homophobia: In Brazil, one LGBT person is killed every day

Brazil leads the ranking of countries with the highest rate of murders of LGBT people in the Americas, according to a report by the NGO Grupo Gay de Bahia. From the beginning of the year until September 22, 227 murders of LGBT people were recorded: 125 of them were transphobic murders. This figure represents 1.05 victims per day. In 2016, there were 343 homicides, of which 43 percent were transphobic murders.