We Remember

November 20
International Transgender Day of Remembrance

Remembering those we have lost can open minds and save lives.

Each November since 2003, we honor the International Transgender Day of Remembrance with our Trans Remembrance Display, a weeklong memorial honoring the many victims of transgender-related violence. This year’s memorial will be on display from Nov. 14-18 on the HUB Wall.

The International Transgender Day of Remembrance was created in order to memorialize all those killed due to anti-transgender prejudice and hatred. It takes place annually in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28, 1998, led to the "Remembering Our Dead" Web project and online memorial. It also led to a historic 1999 San Francisco candlelight vigil and eventually, the designation of Nov. 20 as the day we remember those we have lost.

Rita Hester's murder - like most anti-transgender murder cases - has yet to be solved.

TAKE ACTION

If you would like to help set up or take down this year’s Trans Remembrance Display, please contact Toi Thibodeaux at (951) 827-2267 or toi.thibodeaux@ucr.edu

• Report a hate crime or bias incident
• Transgender Resources
• International Transgender Day of Remembrance website
• The “Remembering Our Dead” web project and online memorial
• Do you want to create a Trans Remembrance Display on your campus? Feel free to download and print our posters.