Mural honoring Rita Hester in Boston Massachusetts, USA - 29 Jun 2022
The artist Rixy, works on a mural portraying Rita Hester, titled 'Rita's Spotlight', on the side of a building in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 29 June 2022. Rita Hester was a black trans woman and entertainer, who lost her life as a result of transphobia and anti-trans violence. Since 1999 the International Transgender Day of Remembrance has been observed annually on 20 November after being founded to memorialize Hester's unsolved murder.