The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
The event is held in November, originally, to honour Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999.
Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially with the rise in “Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism”, and anti-LGBT governments. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored.
Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of stopping.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform.
Transgender Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honours the lives of our brothers, sisters & siblings who might otherwise be forgotten.
Transgender Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, colleagues, friends, and lovers.
Transgender Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.
Between 20th November 2020 and 20th November 2021
381 transgender people have died
either by murder, suicide, medical negligence, or custodial violence.
The following page contains the names of everyone who has died in the past year along with statistics about deaths within the transgender community.
Please read with caution.