Friday Facts: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2018

This week was the observance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence, and to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the Two-Spirit, trans, and gender diverse communities. The Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

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