Transgender Day of Remembrance

Name: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Start: 2026-11-20
End: 2026-11-20

Friday, November 20, 2026

Say their names.

Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed each November 20, founded in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to memorialize Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman murdered in Boston in 1998. Since its founding, the day has grown into an international observance, marked by candlelight vig