Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

One year after the murder of Rita Hester on November 28th, 1998, advocate and writer Gwendolyn Ann Smith coordinated a vigil in Rita's honor. The San Francisco candlelight vigil commemorated not only Rita, but all who were tragically lost to anti-transgender violence.