A call to action for supporting Trans Latin@s in gender-based violence services

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network) seeks to better serve the Trans Latina community. Gender-based violence (GBV) and culturally specific organizations have the responsibility to acknowledge the realities, barriers, and challenges that Trans Latinas face when accessing services from mainstream and Latina-specific gender-based violence services. This call-to-action report seeks to bring awareness to Trans Latina experiences of gender-based violence, racism and transphobia in the gender-based violence field, and proposes future steps to better serve Trans Latina survivors of gender-based violence. 

This report was created in collaboration with The TransLatin@ Coalition and Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families & Communities). We hope that this report brings awareness to the realities of Trans Latinas while seeking gender-based violence services and brings attention to the research, policy, and practice work that needs to happen in order to transform services delivery to TransLatin@s. 

To learn more about the work of Trans Latin@ Coalition listen to our podcast from 2020 below, featuring the CEO of Trans Latin@ Coalition, Bamby Salcedo.