El/La Para TransLatinas

El/La started as a program of Proyecto ContraSIDA Por Vida (PCPV) in 1993. We were the first translatina HIV prevention program in Northern California. In 2006, after PCPV lost its funding, El/La became its own fiscally sponsored project and today is fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives. Based on our 26 years of work in the translatina community, we continue to fight for translatina rights and provide resources and personal development in a safe space.

We work to build a world where translatinas feel we deserve to protect, love and develop ourselves. By building this base, we support each other in protecting ourselves against violence, abuse and illness.

El/La is an organization for translatinas that works to build collective vision and action to promote our survival and improve our quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Because we exist in a world that fears and hates transgender people, women and immigrants, we fight for justice. We respond to those who see us as shameful, disposable or less than human. We are here to reflect the style and grace of our survival, and to make new paths for ourselves.