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The TransLatin@ Coalition
AbbreviationTLC
Formation2009; 16 years ago (2009)
FounderBamby Salcedo
TypeNonprofit advocacy organization
Purposetransgender rights
HeadquartersLos Angeles, CA, United States
President & CEO
Bamby Salcedo
Vice President & COO
Maria Roman
AffiliationsThe TransLatin@ Coalition Institute
Websitewww.translatinacoalition.org

The TransLatina Coalition, stylized as the TransLatin@ Coalition, is an American advocacy group that works on behalf of transgender Latina women who are immigrants to the United States.[1][2][3] Based in Los Angeles, [4][5] it has seven organized chapters and staff around the United States and in Mexico City.[citation needed]

History

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The TransLatina Coalition began as a radical grassroots organization, founded by Bamby Salcedo and formed in collaboration with other trans activists and leaders in 2009.[2][6][7][8]

On Feb. 1, 2017, the organization was able to open the Center for Violence Prevention and Transgender Wellness.[9] The center's opening was funded through a $1 million annual grant from the L.A. County Department of Public Health, with funds allocated to span between three and five years.[9] It was also made possible through further funding from the Elton John AIDS Foundation and partnerships with APAIT (Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team), Bienestar, the Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Friends Community Center, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.[9] The same year, the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board sponsored the coalition's trans workforce assessment as well as their workforce development innovation program. The city body had previously allotted, through their AB 1111: Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Grant Program, a grant of $249,745.50 toward the TransLatina Coalition and the Los Angeles LGBT Center to boost employment services created for trans people in need.[10] In June 2017, the TransLatina Coalition once again became a grant recipient of the Arcus Foundation, whose selections would give special focus to "creating a response to conservative religious voices and anti-LGBT discrimination, with a particular focus on the continent of Africa."[11]

In 2019, Gilead Sciences selected the TransLatina Coalition as one of 15 transgender advocacy organizations among which it would distribute its TRANScend™ Community Impact Fund, a $4.5 million donation.[12] The funds, a direct service grant, was a $100,000 grant to benefit the TransLatina Coalition's Helping Our People Evolve (HOPE) Housing Program, a transitional housing program which intersects with the objective of HIV prevention.[13] In November 2019, the coalition was honored as a Gender Justice Champion at Celebrating Our Power, a gala hosted by The Women's Foundation of California, at which Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti deliver one of two keynote addresses.[14]

The organization hosts the annual GARRAS Fashion Show, a fundraiser, which highlights the contributions that trans and trans allies make to the fashion, business, and leadership communities. In 2016, the show generated $10,000 which enable the coalition to launch their daily meal distribution program. In 2017, the show raised $60,000, which enabled the organization to hire their director of programs and expand their food distribution program. In 2018 alone, the show generated $120,000, enabling the coalition to launch their transitional housing program.[15]

Activism

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The organization deems its work "activism in action".[16] This has included unfurling a transgender rights banner at the 2018 World Series;[17][18][19][20][2] facilitating a week-long protest and year-long campaign, along with the National Immigrant Justice Center,[21] to pressure ICE to free a trans Salvadoran asylum-seeker named Alejandra Barrera from Cibola Detention Facility, where she had been unduly held for almost two years;[22][23] participating in the Transgender Law Center's #FreeNicoll, a campaign to release Guatemalan asylum-seeker Nicoll Hernández-Polanco from undue detention in an all-male facility;[24][25] representing the trans community at the Women's March in Washington, D.C;[6] lobbying the media for accurate coverage of transgender stories;[26] and protesting against violence toward trans people.[27] staging die-ins,[28] In 2019, the coalition engaged in direct activism in partnership with the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico "to help connect individuals to legal advice and social services while in detention, and coordinate post-release assistance, including housing, hot meals, transportation, and clothing."[29]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Green, Nadege (September 17, 2015). "TransLatina Coalition Starts Fort Lauderdale Chapter". www.wlrn.org. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet the Latina-Led Organization That Unfurled the Trans Rights Banner at the World Series Final". Remezcla.com. October 29, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "Transgender activist seeks 'one-stop' healthcare option in L.A." www.latimes.com. September 19, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "For transgender people, getting healthcare remains difficult despite Obamacare". Los Angeles Times. October 3, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Inequality and injustice for Transgender people". thepridela.com. December 15, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Collins, Rance (February 6, 2019). "TransLatin@ Coalition to release major policy agenda". Losangelesblade.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Willis, Raquel (February 7, 2015). "13 Trans Latinx Activists Who Are Changing the World". Pride.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  8. ^ Share this post (August 17, 2016). "Woman Crush(ing the Patriarchy) Wednesday: Bamby Salcedo". Latina.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Community Center info". lalgbtcenter.org. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "AB 1111: Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Awards" (PDF). www.northcentralcounties.com. 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  11. ^ "Building a Network of Faith Leaders to Challenge Anti-LGBT Views Is a Primary Goal of Summer Grant Cycle". www.arcusfoundation.org. June 15, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Reynolds, Daniel (November 20, 2019). "Gilead Gives $4.5 Million to Trans Groups on Day of Remembrance". Advocate.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Community impact fund". www.gilead.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "The Women's Foundation of California | LA Celebration & Fundraiser - The Women's Foundation of California". Womensfoundca.org. November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  15. ^ Collins, Rance (November 22, 2019). "TransLatin Coalition strikes a pose and more than a little gold". Losangelesblade.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  16. ^ Padron, Karla (July 2015). Legal Injuries: Deportability and U.S. Immigration Policy in the Lives of TransLatina Immigrants (Thesis). hdl:11299/175290. S2CID 74571263.
  17. ^ "'Trans People Deserve To Live' Banner Flies At World Series Game". HuffPost. October 29, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  18. ^ Ralph, Kaylen (October 29, 2018). "A World Series Trans Pride Banner Drop Gave the TransLatin@ Coalition a Chance to Raise Its Voice". Teen Vogue. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  19. ^ "World Series trans rights banner: Activists protest Trump administration proposals". The Washington Post. October 29, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  20. ^ Cancian, Dan (October 29, 2018). "'Trans People Deserve to Live' Banner Unfurled During World Series Game 5". Newsweek.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  21. ^ "#FreeAlejandra: Asylum Seeker Jailed by ICE for 19 Months Files Legal Action for Her Release | National Immigrant Justice Center". Immigrantjustice.org. July 18, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  22. ^ "Trans Asylum Seeker Alejandra is Released, but U.S. Must Guarantee She Remains Safe – Amnesty International USA". Amnestyusa.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  23. ^ "#FreeAlejandra — TransLatin@ Coalition". Translatinacoalition.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  24. ^ Kellaway, Mitch (May 4, 2015). "Guatemalan Trans Woman Released After Harrowing Six Months in Immigration Detention". Advocate.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  25. ^ Rebels, Latino (March 2, 2015). "National Week of Action Calling for Release of Transgender Asylum Seeker". Latinorebels.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  26. ^ "Problematic stories illuminate need for better coverage of transgender people". GLAAD. February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  27. ^ "Activist rally". www.latimes.com. August 18, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  28. ^ "Why We Still March: Justice And Pride For All : Rage Monthly Magazine". Ragemonthly.com. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  29. ^ "LGBTQ Migrants to the U.S. Fight to Stay Safe". www.arcusfoundation.org. September 13, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  30. ^ "2016 Grants | Elton John AIDS Foundation". Newyork.ejaf.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  31. ^ "Arcus Fall 2016 Grants Target Transgender Justice, Culture Change" (PDF). www.arcusfoundation.org. October 12, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  32. ^ "Mission & Vision". Borealis Philanthropy. December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
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