Gwendolyn Smith (born 22 July 1967) is an American transgender woman from the San Francisco Bay Area[1] who co-founded Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize people who have been killed as a result of transphobia.

[2][3] Born July 22, 1967, Smith is a transgender activist, writer, and graphic designer.

[5][6] Smith founded a website called Remembering Our Dead, which memorializes people (going back to 1970) who have died as a direct result of hatred and prejudice based on gender.

[4][8] Today the list is hosted on the Transgender Day of Remembrance website, which now (going back to 2007) publishes information about people who have been murdered due to anti-transgender violence.

[5][8] In 2012, Gwendolyn Smith wrote an article for Huffington Post titled, "Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why We Remember".