Transgender Day of Remembrance in United States - 2025
20 Nov 2025, Thursday
Transgender Day of Remembrance is a worldwide observance in the USA
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When is Transgender Day of Remembrance in United States 2025?
20 November 2025, Thursday is Transgender Day of Remembrance in United States 2025
About: Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Day of Remembrance, also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, has been observed annually from its inception on November 20 to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. The day was founded to draw attention to the continued violence directed toward transgender people. Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by a small group, including Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Nancy Nangeroni, and Jahaira DeAlto, to memorialize the murders of Black transgender women Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts, and Chanelle Pickett in Watertown, Massachusetts. After Hester's death in 1998, Smith was surprised to realize that none of her friends remembered Pickett or her murder three years prior, saying "It really surprised me that it had already, in a short period of time, been forgotten, and here we were with another murder at the same site."
Observed by | Transgender community and supporters |
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Type | International, Cultural |
Celebrations | Typically, a TDoR memorial includes a reading of the names of those who died from November 20 of the former year to November 20 of the current year, and may include other actions, such as candlelight vigils, dedicated church services, marches, art shows, food drives and film screenings |
Date | November 20 |
date | November 20 |
Frequency | Annual |
First time | 1999 |
Related to | Transgender Awareness Week, International Transgender Day of Visibility |
Official Website | http://www.transgenderdor.org |
Wikidata description | day to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of transphobia, on November 20th |
Wikidata id | Q57116 |
Wikidata label | Transgender Day of Remembrance |
Wikidata aliases | Array |
Transgender Day of Remembrance (2025) in other countries.
S.no. | Country | Date | Holiday | Type |
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1 | United States | 20 Nov, Thursday | Transgender Day of Remembrance | Worldwide observance |