Our vision is not just zero transphobia – it is liberation for all of us. I hope you stand with us.

“Who is gonna say my want is not a need?” These words belong to Shea Diamond, a black transgender woman, formerly incarcerated for 10 years in a men’s facility after robbing a convenience store to pay for gender affirming surgery. The first time I heard her lyrics, I mistook the word want for wound. Who is going to say my wound is not a need? The idea of our pain needing tending to. This has me thinking about the way the world inflicts harm upon us all. The way we far too oft

Atlanta, GA. Julio 15 del 2019. Latinos en el Sur, un programa de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA, divulga reporte preliminar de un diagnostico regional sobre la salud de Latinx LGBTQ+ en el Sur de los EE.UU. Impulsado por la comunidad, este estudio que empezó, en el 2018 y finalizó este año, incluye opiniones de más de 200 participantes que viven en el Sur, quienes hablaron directamente sobre las barreras continuas que la comunidad Latinx LGBTQ + enfrenta para recibir atenc

Atlanta, GA. July 15, 2019 - Latinos in the South, a regional program of the Latino Commission on AIDS, will release a preliminary report Southern Latinx LGBTQ+ Regional Health Assessment. The community assessment, which began in 2018 and ended this year, included the voices of over 200 participants living in the South. Participants were asked about the realities and challenges for the Latinx LGBTQ+ community in receiving effective healthcare, as well the hope for community d

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: July 11, 2018 CONTACT: Christina Adeleke, North Carolina AIDS Action Network, christina@ncaan.org, (305) 588-4373 Joint Statement from NC AIDS Action Network and Latinos in the Deep South Estamos profundamente indignados con los informes que la administración Trump esta planificando de los aumentos en las separaciones de las familias, lo que podría separan miles de más niños de sus padres. Los líderes políticos de ambos partidos han criticado la po

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El Presupuesto Trump Creará Retos Para Derrotar el VIH y la Hepatitis. Propone un recorte del 19% en la prevención del VIH en el CDC. Ningún aumento en la respuesta a la hepatitis Nueva York, NY, 24 de mayo de 2017 - La propuesta presupuestaria del presidente Donald Trump para el año fiscal 2018 incluye recortes severos a muchos programas relacionados con el VIH y ningún aumento para la prevención de la hepatitis. En respuesta, la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA está pidiendo

Trump Budget Will Create Challenges to Eliminate HIV & Hepatitis: Proposes 19% Cut to HIV Prevention at the CDC, No Increase for Hepatitis President Donald Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal includes severe cuts to many HIV and HIV-related programs and no increases for hepatitis prevention. In response, the Latino Commission on AIDS is calling on Congress to reject the President's budget and develop a budget that addresses the funding needs to prevent, treat, and resear

National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD) is observed on April 18. NTHTD is a day to recognize the importance of routine HIV testing, status awareness and continued focus on HIV prevention and treatment efforts among transgender and gender non-binary people. The initiative encourages community-based organizations, health jurisdictions and HIV prevention programs to host local transgender HIV testing community events and/or develop trans-specific HIV testing campaign materi

Viernes 23 de febrero, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC – El Presidente Trump anunció que no va a hacer cumplir las protecciones del Titulo IX que apoyan a los estudiantes transgénero en las escuelas. La intención del Titulo IX es proveer un ambiente seguro y de apoyo educativo para todos los estudiantes sin importar su género. En mayo del 2016, los Departamentos de Justicia y de Educación de los Estados Unidos clarificaron que la discriminación por sexo basada en la identidad de género

Derrotaremos el SIDA Con Ganas! El Día Nacional Latinx de la Concientización del SIDA es el 15 de Octubre. www.nlaad.org PARA PUBLICACION INMEDIATA Fecha: 12 de Octubre, 2016 Contacto: Christina Adeleke, NC AIDS Action Network, christina@ncaan.org, (305) 588-4373; Judith Montenegro, Latino Commission on AIDS, jmontenegro@latinoaids.org, (704) 340-7333 Raleigh, NC- Líderes de la comunidad de fe, activistas, y miembros de la comunidad de todas partes de Carolina del Norte se re

We'll Defeat AIDS Con Ganas! National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day is October 15th www.nlaad.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 12, 2016 CONTACT: Christina Adeleke, NC AIDS Action Network, christina@ncaan.org, (305) 588-4373; Judith Montenegro, Latino Commission on AIDS, jmontenegro@latinoaids.org, (704) 340-7333 Raleigh, NC- Faith leaders, advocates, and community members from across North Carolina will gather in Raleigh at the State Capital on Saturday, October 15th at 2:

287g programs are a collusion between law enforcement and ‪#‎ICE‬/DHS. This program promotes racial profiling, police abuse and foment a lack of transparency. Today we spoke out against 287g as a community demanding Wake County Sheriff Harrison end the program in Wake Co., NC. North Carolina has the most 287g contracts of any state, five (5) in total. As health advocates we cannot continue to ignore how these institutionalized forms of oppression and stigma surrounding the im

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Judith Montenegro jmontenego@latinoaids.org Repeal the North Carolina Law that Promotes Discrimination against Transgender and non-conforming communities! (Chapel Hill, NC) Latinos in the Deep South, a regional program of the Latino Commission on AIDS opposes the North Carolina Generally Assembly's passage of House Bill 2 (HB2). Under the new rules local governments are prohibited from passing nondiscrimination ordinances that include the protect

Last night we visited the 16th street Baptist church. Site of a bombing in 1963. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church Status: feeling humbled Proud of the meaningful work we do. #Alabama #deepSouth #whitesupremacy #terrorist #kkk

While we celebrate President Obama's mention of ending HIV during his State of the Union Address and leadership stating that: "Right now, we are on track to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, and we have the capacity to accomplish the same thing with malaria – something I’ll be pushing this Congress to fund this year." In the same breath, we continue to condemn the raids and the deportations of women and children fleeing extreme violence from Central American countries. These actio