1 Transphobic murders in Italy: an overview of homicides in Milan (Italy) in the last two decades (1994-2012) Antonio Prunas, 1 Carlo Alfredo Clerici, 2 Guendalina Gentile, 3 Enrico Muccino, 3 Laura Veneroni, 2 and Riccardo Zoja 3 1) University of Milano–Bicocca, Milan, Italy 2) Sezione di Psicologia - Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico Chirurgica e dei Trapianti - Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate (MI), Italia 3) Sezione di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute- Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy Abstract In Europe, 71 murders resulting in the death of transgendered persons were reported between 2008 and 2013, 20 of which perpetrated in Italy, the second highest rate in Europe after Turkey. We retrospectively analysed the homicides of transgender people recorded at the Medicolegal Bureau in Milan from January 1993 to December 2012. First we considered the sociodemographic data of 20 victims and the circumstantial details of their deaths, then we examined the data related to the cause of death from the autopsy reports. Our data show that victims are mostly immigrants, biological males presenting with a feminine attire and with varying degrees of feminization. The large majority of the victims were sex workers from South America. As for murderers, they were unknown in 7 cases (35%); all the 13 murderers identified were males, aged between 17 and 63 (M age = 31 years). In 38% of the