This Latino/a/é Heritage Month we invite you to honor and celebrate the vibrant lives, legacies, and lessons of our Trans Latino/a/é ancestors who fought to make the world a better, safer, and more just place for all of us – Sylvia Rivera, Victoria Cruz, Lorena Borjas, and Bamby Salcedo to name a few. It’s also a time to pay it forward. Below is a list of Trans Latino/a/é organizations that we invite you to learn about and support if you can.
Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants non-profit run by and for trans people. It launched the first Spanish-language trans hotline in the U.S. in 2020, offering emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.
Trans Queer Pueblo is a trans immigrant-led organization in Arizona that operates a free “Liberation Clinic” for primary medical care, including hormone therapy, catering specifically to undocumented and migrant patients. They also provide a name change clinic and community closet, as well as prison support for trans immigrants.
The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, California, as a grassroots response to address the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants who live in the United States.
El/La Para TransLatinas: We work to build a world where translatinas feel we deserve to protect, love and develop ourselves. By building this base, we support each other in protecting ourselves against violence, abuse and illness (California-based)
Arianna’s Center: Mission- Engage, empower, and LIFT UP our highly stigmatized TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY of South Florida & Puerto Rico. Placing a special emphasis on the most marginalized groups, such as the Trans Latinx Community, Undocumented Immigrants, People Living with HIV/AIDS, and those who have experienced incarceration.
Organizacion Latina de Trans en Texas: OLTT is an organization founded and led by trans Latinx immigrants working for the intersectional wellbeing of our community.
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (Familia:TQLM) works at the local and national levels to achieve the collective liberation of trans, queer, and gender nonconforming Latinxs through building community, organizing, advocacy, and education.
The Trans Latina Network is a NY-based nonprofit organization that strives to provide for the transgender community.
