Report: 594 LGBT people were murdered in a Fifteen-month period

This isn't good.

A report identified 594 LGBT people were murdered between the beginning of 2013 and the end of March, 2014.

Buzzfeed reports:

The count was compiled by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which is an arm of the Organization of American States. In addition to the 594 killed, an additional 176 people survived “serious attacks.” The IACHR said the real count of LGBT people killed or assaulted during this period is likely higher than these figures suggest, because the majority of countries in the Americas do not track hate crimes targeting LGBTI people. Because governments do so little documentation of such crimes, this count was largely compiled from media accounts and reports by activist organizations, and many crimes may have gone unreported. 

People perceived to be transgender women and gay men were the primary targets of violence, and young people were especially at risk. Among the transgender women identified in the report, 80% were under 35. The report notes that “trans women and other gender non-conforming persons are often targeted by law enforcement agents, who tend to act upon prejudice and assume they are criminals.” 

The report suggests violence against LBT women may be especially under-reported, in part because they often suffer violence from family members.

The list of names/nick-names is after the jump