Trans Latin@s: State of Trans Health
Workshop Description
In this workshop, Bamby Salcedo, president and CEO of TransLatin@ Coalition, and Jacqueline Caraves, PhD candidate at UCLA, will discuss their collaborative report that focuses on Trans Latin@ health in Southern California. They will discuss the community-based participatory research approach they took to understand the needs of Trans Latin@s. Ultimately, the report brings visibility to the needs of the Trans Latin@ community in Southern California, and an understanding of the various components of Trans Latin@ lives and what allows them to be physically, socioeconomically, and emotionally healthy individuals. Salcedo and Caraves will discuss their findings of the 129 surveys they collected from January to August 2016, from key areas in the Southern California region.
Conference Track
Family
Primary Contact
Workshop Presenters
Bamby Salcedo
Presenter Bio
Bamby Salcedo, a transgender Latina Woman, is president and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, an organization addressing the issues of transgender Latin@s in the US, and she is currently developing the Center for Violence Prevention & Transgender Wellness, in LA. Bamby’s remarkable and wide-ranging activist work has brought voice and visibility to not only the trans community, but also to the multiple overlapping communities and issues that her life has touched including migration, HIV, youth, LGBT, incarceration and Latin@ communities, and she has been invited to speak publicly about many of these issues. Her powerful, sobering and inspiring speeches and her warm, down-to-earth presence have provided emotional grounding and perspective for diverse gatherings. She speaks from the heart, having transcended many of her own issues, as seen in the documentary made about her life called TransVisible: Bamby Salcedo’s Story.