title: Mortality by homicide in homosexuals: characterization of the cases registered in Mexico between 1995 and 2000.
abstract: This work shows a first approximation to the magnitude and characteristics of mortality by homicide in homosexuals in Mexico using the cases registered between the years 1995 and 2000. A statistical analysis was performed of the homicides against homosexuals that were registered through the review of newspaper articles published by the National Press. Sex, age of the victims, kind and number of weapons used, wounds endured, and the situation in which the corpses found were registered. The greater mortality by homicide due to homosexual orientation was recorded in men (95%); it was found that the cases accumulated in the cohort of the third and fourth decades of their age (43%). The homicides were characterized by extreme violence which included the use of various arm types (33%) and wounds (32%). The most frequent situations that occurred were finding the corpses naked and tied (13%). The features of the homicide against homosexuals are associated to the general attributes of the predominant masculinity model; therefore, at a macro social level, some reasons are found in the social construction of homophobia. The degree of violence in these crimes adduces the consideration that they are hate crimes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Coyoacán, México. jcosme@ correo.xoc.uam.mx
authors.forename: José Arturo
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delgado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D011902:Rape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D054041:Weapons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult