# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-hester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:40.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-hester"
name: "Rita Hester"
slug: "rita-hester"
description: "Rita Hester was a transgender African American woman who was murdered in Allston (Boston), Massachusetts, on November 28, 1998."
tagline: "African American trans woman, murder victim, and inspirer of Transgender Day of Remembrance (1963–1998)"
gender: "trans woman"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1963-11-30"
deathDate: "1998-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             1.946992864424057
  historical:           9.242192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتا هيستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتا هيستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Хестер, Рита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hester"
    title: "Rita Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4497395"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump