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Transgender Latinos Build A Better Future While Helping Others

Transgender Latinos Forge Their Own Path Helping Others
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Deputy Editor HuffPost Latino Voices & Voces

Supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups wave a huge rainbow banner as they march at the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Manila on June 28, 2012, demanding LGBT-friendly student policies. The march called for the need for policies that will combat discrimination against students based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/GettyImages)
Supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups wave a huge rainbow banner as they march at the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Manila on June 28, 2012, demanding LGBT-friendly student policies. The march called for the need for policies that will combat discrimination against students based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/GettyImages)

At the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Victoria Ortega, 33, focuses on women’s health, HIV prevention, beautification, and safety. As a transgender woman and community organizer, she actively incorporates LGBTQ issues into her community-building in the neighborhood.

Ortega has built a great nonprofit career for herself and recognizes the employment and career limitations transgender women face. “There is a lack of leadership-building for trans women,” she says.

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