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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Date
November 20, 2024 | 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Location
King Avenue United Methodist Church (and via livestream)
Description

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is recognized annually on November 20. TDOR was founded in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated the one-year anniversary of Hester’s death, and honored all the transgender people lost to violence that year. That initial event spread, eventually becoming a worldwide observance.

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King Avenue United Methodist Church annually hosts the Columbus Trans Day of Remembrance in partnership with local organizations T Talks and Columbus Trans Pride.