Rita Hester

Rita Hester
Born	(1964-03-22)March 22, 1964 Hartford, Connecticut, US
Died	November 28, 1998(1998-11-28) (aged 34) Allston (Boston), Massachusetts, US
Known for	Murdered in an alleged hate crime

Rita Hester (22 March 1964 – 28 November 1998) was a transgender African American woman who was murdered in Allston (Boston), Massachusetts, on November 28, 1998.^[1]

Hester was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1964. She moved to Boston in her early twenties and became involved in the local rock community.^[2]

In response to her murder, an outpouring of grief and anger led to a candlelight vigil held the following Friday (December 4) in which about 250 people participated. The community struggle to see Rita's life and identity covered respectfully by local papers, including the Boston Herald and Bay Windows, was chronicled by Nancy Nangeroni.^[3] Her death also inspired the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and the Transgender Day of Remembrance,^[4] founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in 1999.

The city of Boston commissioned artist Rixy to paint a mural memorializing Hester in Allston.^[5] The mural was completed in July 2022.^[6]

R. Lopez the author of, The hub of the gay universe: An LGBTQ history of Boston, Provincetown, and beyond. includes several quotes from people who knew her: “Rita Hester was statuesque and glamorous. Usually clad in her favorite colors, black and purple, perhaps in a slinky tube dress adorned with ruffles, she was a familiar figure both at Allston bars such as the Model Cafe and the Silhoutte Lunge and at Jacque’s Cabaret.” Another friend fondly remembered that Hester “liked to wear opera-length gloves with rings on top, big pieces of costume jewelry” p.283

References

^ 'Remembering Rita Hester' Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine November 15, 2008, Edge Boston
^ "'Everybody knew Rita': Decades later, still no answers in slaying of Black trans woman". NBC News. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ Nancy Nangeroni (1999-02-01). "Rita Hester's Murder and the Language of Respect". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ Irene Monroe (2010-11-19). "Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
^ McQuaid, Cate (April 26, 2022). "In Rixy's world, cardboard beats canvas and the femmes are fierce - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ "Mural Installed Honoring Rita Hester in Allston | Boston.gov". www.boston.gov. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

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