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t’s been another brutal year so far for Black trans women, in particular, so there are many to honor for Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Founded by activist and journalist Gwendolyn Ann Smith after the 1998 murder of a Massachusetts transgender woman, Rita Hester, whose case remains unsolved, TDOR remembers the names and faces of those killed each year. Stories of murdered transgender people are rarely covered properly by major news outlets, and their deaths aren’t officially counted by any government agency. As in years past, the majority of this year’s victims