Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a day to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of anti-transgender violence and bring attention to the continued brutality endured by the trans and gender-expansive members of our community.

TDOR is also a time for us to gather as a community in support and mutual healing. The day invites us to renew our commitment to deeply caring for one another and resolving to work together to end the injustices trans people worldwide are continually facing. Transgender and gender-expansive folks have always and will always exist, and The Center will be there to support them.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2026

Join us in solidarity for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Together, we honor and uplift the memory of those whose lives were taken by hate, violence, and suicide.

This year’s theme, To Honor and To Hold: Their Lives, Their Legacies pays tribute to the lives and legacies of the Trans community members we have lost to violence this year. The evening will honor remembrance, resilience, and community.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance Altar will be on display throughout the month, beginning Thursday, November 5. We welcome you to visit to take a moment of quiet reflection, leave a message for a loved one, or simply sit in solidarity. The altar is open to all.

Friday, November 20, 2026

6-9 p.m.

The Center (208 West 13th Street, New York, NY)

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2026 Talent

N’yomi Allure Stewart

She/Her

Speaker

Recently starring in Prince Faggot where she won the Obie Award, N’yomi Allure Stewart made her NYC acting debut in Shakespeare in the Park’s 60th anniversary production of Richard Ill and following that, A Raisin in the Sun at The Public Theater. She has been an artist in residence with New York Theatre Workshop, GALLIM, and Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, deepening her work that explores the full humanity of black women of trans experience. She recently served as the Associate Director & Ballroom Culture Consultant on CATS: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway where the production received the Tony for “Best Direction of a Musical”.

Zachary A. Myers

She/Her

Performer

Zachary is a NYC transplant by way of Arkansas. She made her Broadway debut where she understudied the roles of Thought One & Thought Two in the Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winning musical A Strange Loop (Broadway.) Some of her other notable credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone In Concert starring Laverne Cox (Carnegie Hall) Cats The Jellicle Ball (off-broadway), A Complicated Woman (Goodspeed Musicals), Head Over Heels (The Richmond Triangle Players), & Emojiland (National Tour). “Much Love to Jhonika & Stacy who are my biggest supporters!”

Ira Rain

They/Them

Somatic Practitioner

Ira Rain is a queer, nonbinary immigrant from the Philippines who creates spaces for people to reclaim their essence, break inherited cycles, and imagine gentler ways of being together. As a shamanic medicine keeper, somatic practitioner, and soul remembrance artist, their practice weaves through healing, sound, voice, movement, ceremony, storytellling, comedy, and community care. Their work is rooted in the knowing that healing, social justice, and art are connected, with the body as a place of confluence.

WhatChaCookinBaby

Caterer

WhatChaCookinBaby is an authentic Creole and Cajun Food Truck that is located in Atlanta and New York City. Jada & Branden started the business from recipes that’s been passed down from the late Grandma Betsy. The business started back in 2017 and we’ve been going through ever since. Every bite is as New Orleans as it get. The name was created by a saying in New Orleans when you walk into someone home and there’s someone cooking you say “WhatChaCookinBaby”.