Rita Hester was a Black trans woman born in Hartford Connecticut in 1963. Hester was murdered in Allston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1998. Her death sparked Transgender Day of Remembrance. For the twenty-fifth anniversary lets discuss the intersectionality of Black and queerness.

The Transgender Legacy Flag was created by Ephraim Adamz of Hartford CT in 2023 for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Transgender Day of Remembrance. It recognizes the resilience that has been built off the bloodshed of Black bodies.

Blue, pink, and white are paired with black and brown at the center of the Transgender Legacy Flag to represent the intersections of gender and ethnicity among negro descendants of U.S chattel slavery and the African Diaspora. The triangular midpoint insinuates an hourglass, which symbolizes past, present, future, and legacy.

It’s creation was inspired to bring attention to Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman from Hartford CT who’s murder in 1998 sparked the first Transgender Day of Remembrance.

T-Girl: The Truth In Transitioning explores the before and after testimony of a young Black transgender woman as she embarks on her Bottom Surgery journey. The title "T-Girl" is used here as a metaphor for Truth and Truthful without diluting the experience of Black communities who fully embrace Ebonics and African American Vernacular English terms.

DIRECTED BY: Ephraim Adamz

STARRING: Ciara Ta-Halor

Genre: Documentary | International Transgender Day of Visibility | Queer | Gender Reassignment Surgery, Sex Reassignment Surgery, Gender Affirmation Surgery, Gender-Affirming Surgery, Bottom Surgery