NewsLocal News

Actions

Bakersfield College holds Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted
and last updated

On November 20, Bakersfield College held a Transgender Day of Remembrance observance to honor the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester's death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Monday

04/21/2025

Sunny

85° / 57°

0%

Tuesday

04/22/2025

Mostly Sunny

88° / 58°

0%

Wednesday

04/23/2025

Sunny

85° / 52°

0%

Thursday

04/24/2025

Mostly Cloudy

79° / 51°

0%

Friday

04/25/2025

Sunny

72° / 51°

1%

Saturday

04/26/2025

Partly Cloudy

66° / 49°

15%

Sunday

04/27/2025

Partly Cloudy

69° / 51°

1%

Monday

04/28/2025

Sunny

77° / 55°

0%