Boston's 27th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

Vigil + Community Dinner: Honor and remember transgender and gender-diverse people whose lives were taken by anti-trans violence.
About this Event

Boston’s 27th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
Vigil + Community Dinner

Friday, November 20, 2026

Vigil: 7:30pm–9:30pm
The Virginia Wimberly Theatre
527 Tremont St, Boston, MA

Dinner: 9:30pm–11pm
The BCA Cyclorama
539 Tremont St, Boston, MA

Join Boston’s transgender and nonbinary community to honor and commemorate the 27th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Friday, November 20, 2026.

The evening will begin with a Vigil from 7:30pm–9:30pm at the The Virginia Wimberly Theatre, featuring a reflection on the local history of TDOR, the reading of names, and a candle-lighting ceremony in remembrance of those we’ve lost to anti-trans violence. Keynote speech from Gwendolyn A. Smith and musical performances by Coro Allegro.

Following the vigil, we will gather for a Community Dinner from 9:30pm–11:00pm at The BCA Cyclorama, a space for connection, conversation, and collective care.

Transgender Day of Remembrance is both a memorial of the transgender and nonbinary people lost to violence and injustice and a reminder of the systemic inequities that we continue to face, especially amidst a federal administration seeking to eradicate our community as a whole. However, we remain vigilant as ever, rooted in care and community.

This event is free and open to the public.

The Virginia Wimberly Theatre is accessible via the following MBTA options:

Approximately 8 minute walk (0.3 miles) from Back Bay Station (Orange Line and Commuter Rail)

Approximately 13 minute walk (0.6 miles) from Arlington Station (Green Line)

Bus lines 9, 10, and 43