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# Brazilian trans sex worker killed by client
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brazilian-trans-sex-worker-killed-by-client/
- Published: 2020-09-12T14:15:14.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-11T11:15:27.000Z
- Description: Brazilian trans woman Chiara Duarte, 27, was found dead in São Paulo on Wednesday 2 September.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Brazil, LGBTQ, Trans, Trans Lives Matter, Trans Rights, Transgender

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Chiara Duarte was brutally murdered by a client.

Brazilian trans woman **Chiara Duarte**, 27, was found dead in **São Paulo** on **Wednesday 2 September** after being stabbed by a client. **Jeferson Pereira**, 18, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter after attacking Duarte when she requested payment for her services. After being attacked, Duarte’s body was thrown off of a 7th floor balcony.

A local news outlet [reported](https://noticias.r7.com/sao-paulo/travesti-e-morta-e-jogada-do-7-andar-de-predio-no-centro-de-sp-02092020?fbclid=IwAR3NVQHh8vJsaTx2YWogAfm8Nu2DfaGa2Nukd306w-aEmKPiOsTMA6SdwUc&ref=scenemag.co.uk) Pereira refused payment after realising Duarte was transgender. Duarte lived and volunteered at **Casa Florescer II**, a shelter for trans people. Her brother **Luan Duarte** told Globo News ‘it was prejudice, it was a hate crime’.

**Brazil** is generally becoming more [LGBTQ+ friendly](https://www.equaldex.com/region/brazil?ref=scenemag.co.uk), with same-sex relations and marriage being legal. However it is still [considered](https://www.letraese.org.mx/proyectos/proyecto-1-2/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the most dangerous country in the world for trans people, with Mexico following closely behind. The number of trans murders and suicides in the country has [risen](https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/09/09/reported-murders-suicides-of-trans-people-soar-in-brazil.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by 70% over the last year.

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