Knowledge Base

Esperanza United 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.

Suggested reference: Esperanza United. (2021). Supporting Trans Latinas in Gender-Based Violence Services: A Call to Action.

This project is supported by Grant No. 2016-TA-AX-K039, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.