Friday November 20 is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR). The first annual TDoR was held in 1999 and created by trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honour the memory of Rita Hester, a trans woman who was killed in 1998.
It is now an observance to commemorate the trans people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence, with 2020 being a record year for anti-trans hate crimes.
According to Transrepect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT), an organisation which monitors violence against the trans community, 350 trans people have been killed so far this year, compared to 331 last year.
98% of those murdered globally were trans women or trans feminine people, and 82% of all reported murders happened in Central and South.