In honor of Black History Month, the Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition would like to share the following resources for community members, as well as medical and mental health providers, related to care for QTBIPOC folks (Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).
Black Trans Leadership of Austin has partnered with Out Youth and the University of Texas at Austin to develop a questionnaire to help us capture a more accurate snapshot of our communities needs and wants. It’s no secret that our system is flawed and doesn’t prioritize the Black Trans and Gender Diverse agenda. It actually forces us to live life on the margins of society. It’s time to create real data and use our stories to advocate for meaningful change.
If you or someone you know is interested in taking the questionnaire to earn a $60 gift card before February 28th, 2022, please visit https://btla.squarespace.com/btla-questionnaire-for-the-advancement-of-qtbipoc-in-central-texas to learn more and request a link.
If you are a provider and you are interested in learning more about the results of this questionnaire and community input sessions, please stay tuned for more information about opportunities to learn more starting in July of 2022.
The mission of the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition is to help improve the black transgender human experience by overcoming violence and injustice in the world through the power, value, and love of all people! Founded in 2011 and based in Carrolton, TX, this national organization advocates for policy change while also attending to the immediate needs of the community by providing basic needs, housing, employment, and health care support. They also throw one of the most fun conferences you can attend, hands down. More information:
allgo nurtures and celebrates queer people of color by building, educating, and mobilizing communities toward a just and equitable society.
We do this through cultural arts, wellness, and social justice programming by: supporting artists and artistic expression within our diverse communities; promoting health within a wellness model; and mobilizing and building coalitions among groups marginalized by race/ethnicity, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation/sexual identity in order to enact change.
What’s In the Mirror is a 501c3 Organization and Healing Justice Social Movement that provides mental health awareness and suicide prevention to communities of color through art, advocacy, and affirming care with a focus on women, youth, and LGBTQIA+ persons.
The organization provides the Connect to Care Initiative, a program connecting communities of color, including LGBTQIA+ communities and persons living with HIV, to mental health services. Connect to Care Initiative is a part of the Art Heals Project, a healing justice movement focused on the intersectionality of mental health and HIV prevention/ Persons living with HIV/AIDS through advocacy, art, and affirming care to marginalized communities.