Weekly Report - 25 January 2018 (WR-18-03)

BRAZIL | Record homicides. Brazil registered a record number of deaths for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people last year. In 2017, 445 LGBT people died, of which 387 were murdered and the remaining 58 committed suicide. This is the highest figure recorded since the survey began 38 years ago and marks a 30% increase on 2016 when 343 deaths were registered. The majority of these were the victims of homophobic crimes, which could be linked to the recent rise of far-right political movements.