They currently provide group workshops lead by PrEP Navigators, onsite HIV testing, holistic case management, drop-in community spaces and comprehensive HIV prevention services. Along with her team, Santamaria has grown and sustained the organization. In May 2019, Nicole Santamaria (she/her/hers) stepped up to lead the organization as its first trans Latina executive director. This organization is the only non-profit led by trans Latinas serving the greater San Francisco area, with their reach expanding into Oakland, Berkley and beyond. ![]() Visit their website to learn more about their work and ways to support this organization.Įl/La Para TransLatinas, San Francisco, C alifornia Always working to center Black trans folx, this grassroots organization also seeks to create connections with other like-minded organizations in the field to ultimately “build, showcase, heal and celebrate” the lives of Black trans people. The organization provides workshops on political education, leadership building, media trainings and more surrounding issues of injustice. Led by Olympia Perez (she/her/hers) and Sasha Alexander (he/she/they), Black Trans Media is committed to building up trans communities of color. Today on Transgender Day of Visibility, AIDS United is lifting up six of our current trans-led and trans-serving grantee organizations who work to end the HIV epidemic in their communities every day. “Trans folx are such lighted beings, such lighted vessels, and that is something to be celebrated,” said AIDS United’s own Jade Lenore LeDuff at Creating Change 2020. In these trying times, we must look to the transgender advocates who have consistently navigated their communities through barriers to safety and wellness. ![]() Peer navigation services have been moved online new partnerships have come together to respond to the pandemic in TGNC communities and hours have been poured into providing resources from groceries to medication to those in need. Over the past weeks, the Fund for Resilience, Equity and Engagement (FREE) has seen its grantees adapt to the current public health climate. As COVID-19 unfolds and our lives shift in response, transgender leaders in the HIV movement have stepped up to meet the new needs of our communities.
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