National Trans HIV Testing Day - Seattle
Event Information
Description
National Transgender HIV Testing Day: Survival is Resistance!
Wednesday, April 18, 3-7pm!
Habrán personas disponibles quienes hablan español.
We will have trans identified HIV testers, no one is required to get tested - fyi; come for the community, info booths, photo booth, childcare and refreshments/food - all FREE! Let us know if you would like to get more involved! **We have FREE bus passes!
National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD), Survival is Resistance, is an observance designed to recognize the importance of routine HIV testing, status awareness and continued focus on HIV prevention and treatment efforts among transgender people. The observance is organized by the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health and led locally by trans community. #TransHIV #NTHTD
In the United States, it is estimated that around 1.4 million adults identify as transgender. Transgender women are especially at high risk of having HIV and of contracting HIV. Trans women of color, especially black/African American and Hispanic/Latina women, experience disproportionately high rates of HIV1, testing positive for HIV more often than Caucasian trans women. HIV prevalence among African American trans women is approximately 56%, whereas the prevalence among Caucasian trans women is approximately 17%. There is a gap in research on HIV and trans men; few studies have gathered HIV prevalence data for this population. Events like NTHTD help us close these gaps.
Please refrain from wearing scents. Here is a page on how and why to be scent free. http://ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/scent_free.html
Youngstown Cultural Center is on the 120 & 125 line. It is a ADA building but the entrance situation is a bit complicated. All of the doors are manual. There is a ramp in the front of the building and a lift or it is possible to enter from the back and bypass the ramp and lift. There are 8 stairs up to the main door where the ramp is and three steps were the lift is. The side parking lot entrance has no barriers except a small ramp inside the building. We are in the Theatre. Email info at radicalcare.org or pm us here for more info.
facebok event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/469230933493550
Copies of flyers to print and share:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L1YML93UTw6wWOMeGomyvNP4t4mtshFq
Organizer Rad Care
Organizer of National Trans HIV Testing Day - Seattle
Rad Care is a project of the Collective of Geniuses and fiscally sponsored by Allied Media Projects. We are queer, trans, people of color, mixed race, indigenous, people with disabilities, people living with HIV, etc. We are mostly activists, artists, survivors and healers.
What we do:
RAD Care stands for Radical Accessible & Decolonizing Community Care. We are led by those most disenfranchised i.e. QTPOCs who also have disabilities, have HIV, have Hep C, who are also sex workers, are active drug users, are homeless &/or participate in street economies.
RAD Care is working to provide better services to those most disenfranchised by society by creating leadership and economic opportunities. We are working to increase mobile outreach with a syringe exchange, HIV/Hep C testing and some basic medical care. We are working on several grants to create income opportunities for individuals within these populations to do this outreach work. We are also looking into incorporating more decriminalization advocacy. We create trainings and workshops. Future goals include: outreach and medic volunteer training.
We also facilitate workshops and trainings. More info on our workshops here. Our workshops and trainings center around anti-oppression, decolonization, safer sex/ health relationships/ consent, consensus, inclusive organizing and transformative justice.
