Joana Domingos, 19, is the 141st known trans person to have been killed in Brazil this year after she was shot seven times.
According to local news source Jornal De Alagoas, Domingos was killed on Sunday October 25 in the rural area of Rio Largo, where five trans women and 15 LGBTQ+ people in total have been murdered in 2020.
Her body was found in a thicket, and although emergency services arrived at the scene, she succumbed to her injuries. So far, no suspects have been identified and it is unclear whether local police are treating the incident as a hate crime.A Pride parade in BrazilNildo Correia, the president of local LGBTQ+ organisation the Gay Group of Alagoas, said authorities need to increase protections for queer Brazilians:.