THE TRANSLATIN COALITION
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Mission Statement
The mission of TransLatin@ Coalition is to advocate for the specific needs of the Trans Latin@ community that resides in the U.S.A. and to plan strategies that improve our quality of life.
About This Cause
The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, California, as a grassroots response to address the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants. Since then, the agency has become a national organization with representation in 10 different states across the U.S., and provides direct services to all TGI individuals in Los Angeles. In 2015, TLC identified the urgent need to provide direct services to empower the TGI community in response to structural, institutional, and interpersonal violence, and the Center for Violence Prevention and Transgender Wellness was born. Since then, the organization has secured funding from state and local government entities as well as private foundations to provide direct services to all TGI individuals in Los Angeles County (LAC). TLC’s primary focus is to advocate for TGI communities across the U.S. and to provide direct services to the local TGI community in LAC. TLC provides the following services for the TGI community in Los Angeles: Advocacy: addressing the needs and issues of our community by working with local and national organizations to change the landscape and improve the livelihood of TGI people; Leadership development: specifically designed to provide TGI individuals with the needed tools to successfully advocate for policy change; Economic and Workforce Development: skills-building related to entrepreneurship and seeking employment; Case management and Peer Counseling Services; A drop-in center that provides daily food distribution, clothing, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, and a computer lab, legal services; mental health services, and transitional housing. As an organization, we are building Trans Power!