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# Trans Day of Remembrance 2020
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-day-of-remembrance-2020/
- Published: 2020-11-19T12:58:57.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-19T11:59:50.000Z
- Description: Friday November 20 is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR).
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Black trans lives matter, International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), LGBTQ, TDOR, Trans Rights, Transgender

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**Friday November 20** is the annual **Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR)**. The [first ](https://www.glaad.org/tdor?ref=scenemag.co.uk#:~:text=Transgender%20Day%20of%20Remembrance%20%28TDOR%29%20is%20an%20annual,show%20support%20for%20the%20community%20on%20this%20day.)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](https://transrespect.org/en/tmm-update-tdor-2020/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) 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 America, with **Brazil** being the deadliest country in the world for trans people. 38% of the murders took place on the street and 22% in their own residence.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/anti-hate-crimes-1.jpg)

A TvT spokesperson told [**Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/11/11/350-transgender-people-have-been-murdered-in-2020-transgender-day-of-remembrance-list/?sh=5f252daf65a6&ref=scenemag.co.uk) that the coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted the trans community this year. Lukas said: *“The impact of COVID-19 is being felt most severely by trans people who are homeless, sex workers, disabled, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, poor, and/or elderly. Those communities are not only affected by the virus itself, but also by health care systems and providers, as well as by the socioeconomic and political impact of the pandemic.”*

He continued: “*At the same time, we are noticing some governments using the pandemic as an excuse for violating human rights, with signs of a wide range of political and legal rollbacks leading towards more systemic discrimination against trans people in the world.”*

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