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How To Access A Free Sexual Assault Exam In DC

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If you’ve been sexually assaulted in the last 96 hrs, go to MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) at any time 24/7/365.

To ask a nurse or an advocate your questions first or to receive a free Uber ride to the hospital, call the DC Victim Hotline @1-844-4HELPDC .

For evidence collection (“rape kit”), in case you decide to report to police, try to avoid:

Showering, urinating or having a bowel movement, eating/drinking or smoking, chewing gum, douching, brushing teeth or changing clothes.

Arrive to MWHC , emergency department and let them know you are there for a SANE exam

You will be checked out by an ER physician first. Expect to be at the hospital for an average of 4.5 hours. You will have the opportunity to have all your questions answered by a nurse and an advocate before the exam begins.

If needed, receive free HIV/STD and pregnancy prevention medications

The nurse and physician will run some lab tests to make  sure it is safe for you to take these meds. You will also have the opportunity to follow up for more meds if possible. Please note that if you believe you were exposed to HIV, you will need to arrive at MWHC  72 hours or before to get HIV prevention treatment known as PEP. PEP is only effective in stopping HIV when taken 72 hours after exposure.

Decide whether or not to report to law enforcement

It is 100% your decision whether to report to the police or not. Your kit will be held for a minimum of one year. You may request for MWHC to hold your kit longer but you may have the right to report any time within the statute of limitation.

Rest and track you kit

You can visit a website to track your kit. Your kit will only be sent to the crime lab for testing if you decide to report to law enforcement, but MWHC can send it for toxicology testing if you’d like regardless of your reporting decision.

Receive ongoing support and connection to resources

If you choose , the advocate will continue to support you in any way that you need and connect you to basic , education, legal, and / or social services.

 

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Applicants sought for D.C. LGBTQ Latinx Scholarship

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The D.C. LGBT group LULAC Lambda is inviting current and future college students attending D.C. schools to apply for its 2020 annual scholarship that it says will benefit students from the LGBTQ Latinx community.

“For the third year in a row, LULAC Lambda will award a scholarship to a community-minded individual enrolled in a District of Columbia high school or college,” said Jesse Garcia, president of LULAC Lambda.

“Our scholarship program will help that scholar achieve their academic goals and reduce their student debt,” Garcia said. “We want to thank our members and allies who have supported our fundraisers to keep this scholarship program alive,” he said.

“The scholarship committee will look at academic performance and a student’s work in the social justice space, including community service accomplishments in the Queer Latinx community,” according to Erik Rodriquez, LULAC Lambda’s vice president. “We invite high school seniors, college students, graduate students and law students to apply,” he said.

A statement released by the group says scholarship applications are being accepted through Jan. 10, 2020. Further details about the application process can be accessed at lulaclambda.org/scholarship

The statement says LULAC Lambda is one of 1,000 chapters throughout the U.S. affiliated with the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, the nation’s largest and oldest Latinx volunteer-based civil rights organization.

Job Opening at the DC Center: Community Engagement Specialist – Position Filled

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Job Opportunities at the DC Center for the LGBT Community

***We are no longer accepting applicants***

 

Job Opening at the DC Center: Community Engagement Specialist

 

The DC Center for the LGBT Community is hiring! We are looking for a full-time Community Engagement Specialist to work with our new Total Care Team doing Early Intervention Services under our new Ryan White (part A) Grant.   

Position Details:

This position requires a person that is knowledgeable about marginalized communities that are at greater risk for HIV, Hep C, and other STI’s due to barriers minority communities experience due to oppression and socio-economic inequalities.  Much of the work is focused on Gender Non Binary, Transgender and MSM populations.  

The DC Center for the LGBT Community has a mission of educating, empowering, celebrating, and connecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual,queer, and transgender communities of Washington, DC. The Community Engagement Specialist will help to achieve this mission by providing culturally competent  supportive services to the aforementioned populations. This particular grant is status neutral so it includes both positive and negative populations. Persons of color from LGBTQ communities are encouraged to apply, as we seek to develop more diversity within our staff and services.  

 Special Skills:  

The Community Engagement Specialist  will provide referral assistance and direct service (medical and non-medical) to ensure disparities that challenge access to care and/or treatment are addressed to give community members their best chance at maintaining a healthy status through traditional sexual health strategies, biomedical prevention (PrEP); and through treatment as prevention and the U=U model (undetectable = untransmittable). 

The person who fills this position is also responsible for other duties, such as minor case management, outreach, health education, data collection and  data entry. The Community Engagement Specialist will report to the Community Engagement Manager directly.

 

Functions and Duties 

  Community Engagement Specialist / Total Care Team 

 

  1. Collect and enter data from focus populations in respective systems (Careware, Link U, Redcap)
  2. Engage groups and individuals in sexual health education and planning sessions
  3. Provide referrals to eliminate barriers, thus increasing improved health outcomes
  4. Assist in meeting program goals that reduce harm and risk, improving the quality of life 
  5. Provide client-centered service that reflects status neutral healthcare and education
  6. Engage and retain focus population clients in HI-V programming and assist in achieving individual goals. 
  7. Educate on viral suppression and PrEP; providing timely linkage to care
  8. Contribute to programming, marketing, and branding of culturally competent services
  9. Assist in testing, in-reach, outreach, and representing the organization in professional settings
  10. Engage volunteers and clients as directed to meet program and grant deliverables 
  11. Facilitate or Coordinate testing for focus populations
  12. Promote Rapid treatment and Comprehensive Harm & Risk Reduction initiatives
  13. Assist in Facilitating Cultural Competency training’s for organizations and individuals
  14. Assist with Consumer Satisfaction Surveys and data to ensure program effectiveness
  15. Assist in implementing and tracking medical and non-medical support and client outcomes
  16. Work with associated staff to ensure grant deliverables and promote program continuity 
  17. Provide good customer service and assist in various capacities as needed 

 

Please send qualified resumes to  justin@thedccenter.org before Monday, October 7th. Salary Range is expected to fall within $38,480 – $45,760

 

*Interviews will be held on 10/16/19 and 10/17/19 

Breaking Ground 2019

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The award winning theater program “Breaking Ground” is recruiting for the 2019 season and is looking for actors, singers, dancers, poets, artists and performers!

Breaking Ground is an Obama White House Summer program for LGBTQIA+ youth of color age 16-30 where they create a full-length musical theater production based on their life stories, and addressing the unique culture and experiences of their people.

Issues addressed in the show cover dating, sex, mental health, body image, HIV/AIDS, transphobia and the trans experience, racism, substance abuse and many other important topics.

Breaking Ground REQUIRES an audition (not based in arts talent, but evidence of passion for community and the program).

Transgender men and women, gender non-conforming, intersex,  and cisgender women are encouraged to apply and welcome to join to ensure diverse stories and experiences are represented.

If you are interested, click here to register.

Diverse City Fund Grant Opportunities

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The Diverse City Fund has opened grant applications for the spring of 2019!

The Diverse City Fund works to nurture community leaders and grassroots projects which are acting to transform DC into a more just, vibrant place to live. Through grantmaking, the Diverse City Fund identifies, supports, and connects people in communities of color who are engaged in change work.

They support the development of community-level social change by funding projects that have less access to traditional funding sources.

Funding priorities for this grant cycle are directed toward:

  • Groups that might not get funded by traditional funders, e.g. groups that are small, new volunteer-led, politically radical or activist initiatives, etc.
  • Coalitions / alliances
  • Mobilizations for protests and resistance
  • Organizing and advocacy, and
  • Healing, mental health and cultural liberation work that brings people of color together and prepares people to resist.

For further details and instructions on how to apply please visit the grants page at the Diverse City Fund website.

2019 The Gran Varones Positive Digital Art Fellowship Application

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Gran Varones

Gran Varones esta empezando un beca para homres LGBTQIA+ latinx/afro-latinx y VIH positivo de los edades 21-35.

La beca de Gran Varones es una programa national que empeso con la ayuda de ViiV Healthcare para crear un grupo de 5 VIH positivo hombres LGBTQIA+ latinx/afro-latinx de los edades 21-35. El grupo va a tener recursos para combatar la estigma de VIH y promover apoyo familar in comunidades Latinxpor medio de narración digital, fortaleza comunitaria y organización cultural. Pioridad sera para individuos del Sur (EEUU) y personas nueavas al activismo.

La aplicación cierra el 8 de Febrero

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Gran Varones is launching a fellowship for hiv positive latinx and afro-latinx gay, queer, trans and bi men ages 21-35.

The Gran Varones Fellowship is a national initiative, launched in partnership with ViiV Healthcare to develop the leadership of a cohort of 5 HIV positive Latinx & Afro-Latinx Gay, Queer, Trans and Bisexual Men ages 21-35 based in the US. Throughout the fellowship, the cohort will be supported with resources to combat HIV stigma and promote family acceptance in Latinx communities through digital storytelling, community building and cultural organizing. Priority will be given to individuals that are based in the South and individuals who may be new to organizing around issues related to HIV and LGBTQ activism.

Application due February 8th

Latino GLBT History Project Clothing Drive

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We all want our community to thrive.  Join the Latino GLBT History Project as they kick off their new project “Create Your History” which aims to provide homeless LGBTQ+ Youth of Color skills, experience, and the confidence needed to find living-wage jobs through image and job attainment consulting.

Clothing can be an expression of one’s identity, culture, and feelings.
Clean your closet and donate your business casual and business professional clothes to homeless LGBTQ+ Youth of Color who are on a tight budget and need to build a professional wardrobe.

Last Day to Donate:
December 14th
At the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs

Todos queremos que nuestra comunidad próspera.  Unirse con el Latino GLBT History Project a commencar el proyecto nuevo: “Crear Su Historia” que enfoca a dar Jovenes de Color LGBTQ+ sin hogar, experiencia, abilidades y la confiancia necesaria para encontrar trabajos de salario sufficiente para vivir y crecer. Hacen esto en forma de consultas de imagen profesional y realización de trabajo.

Ropa nos puede ayudar expresar nuestro cultura, identidad y sentimientos. Limpia su armario y dona su ropa profesional para ayudar la comunidad Joven de Color LGBTQ+ sin hogar, que nececitan la ropa para empecar a trabajar.

Ultima Dia Para Donar

December 14

En La Officina Del Alcalde De Asuntos LGBTQ

 

LGBTQ Community Centers Support Fair Treatment for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

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#queertranscaravan

Across the United States, people of all backgrounds are reacting with outrage in light of the Administration’s announcement that people who attempt to seek asylum outside of ports of entry will be denied the right to this protection.

On Sunday, November 11th, an estimated 78 LGBTQ asylum seekers reached the United States border in hopes of escaping persecution in Central America. Originally traveling with a larger group from Honduras, they left the caravan after experiencing discrimination and threats from others. Many LGBTQ migrants were denied food and access to showers by caravan members or local groups providing aid. “There was no physical abuse but there was plenty of verbal abuse,” a transgender woman told reporters, although she added it was nothing compared to the reality of living as a transgender woman in her home country of Honduras.

As they await the opportunity to begin the asylum process in Tijuana, the group continues to be targeted simply for being part of the LGBTQ community. They were met with anger from locals, who said they should have been warned by authorities that LGBTQ people would be staying in their neighborhood.

Members of the group originate from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, and include a handful of children. Most plan to use their status as members of a persecuted class to request asylum in the U.S. as early as Thursday.

Unfortunately, the government reacts to their plight with armed forces and threats of denying entry to begin the asylum process, essentially signing their death orders. LGBTQ people flee to the U.S. because they cannot live safely in their home countries. They are in danger of persecution, prosecution, imprisonment, blackmail, discrimination, torture, sexual assault and in some cases, death based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

If LGBTQ asylum seekers are granted the opportunity to have their case heard, they can be detained until trial, which may take months. In detention centers, transgender women are often housed with men or placed in solitary confinement. LGBTQ immigrants report high rates of sexual assault and abuse during their time in detention, and proper medical care is often denied.

These asylum seekers have faced challenges and painful barriers in receiving equal treatment during every step of their journey. The undersigned LGBTQ Community Centers strongly support them in their quest for a better life and demand that they be treated fairly and equitably as they seek their legal right to asylum.

Adair Co. GLBT Resource Center

ALSO Youth

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center

Center on Halsted

Freedom House Detroit

Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center

GALA LGBTQ+ Center

Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center

Latino Equality Alliance

LGBT Center OC

LGBT Center of Central PA

LGBT Center of Raleigh

LGBT Detroit

LGBT Equality Alliance of Chester County

Los Angeles LGBT Center

North County LGBTQ Resource Center

Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & LGBT+ Services

Pride Center at Equality Park

Pride Center San Antonio

PRISM-Q, LGBT & Allies Resource Center

Proud Haven Inc.

Rainbow Center

Resource Center

Ruth Ellis Center

Sacramento LGBT Community Center

Safe Schools South Florida

San Francisco LGBT Center

Stonewall Coumbus

SunServe

Tacoma Older LGBT

The DC Center for the LGBT Community

The Pride Center at Equality Park

The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

Triangle Community Center

LULAC Lambda Scholarship Benefits the LGBTQ Latinx Community

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LULAC Lambda

LULAC Lambda invites current and future college students in the District of Columbia to apply for its 2019 LULAC scholarship targeting students from the LGBTQ Latinx community.

In 2019, LULAC Lambda will award two scholarships with one specifically targeting a scholar from the Afro-Latinx LGBTQ community. Each scholarship is for $1,000.

LULAC Lambda is one of 1,000 local councils across the United States affiliated with the League of United Latin American Citizens, the nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic/Latino civil rights volunteer-based organization. One of the goals of LULAC is to increase access to education, so it encourages local councils like LULAC Lambda to sponsor scholarships.

The LULAC Lambda Scholarship application opens on October 1, and applications are being accepted November 15 through January 8, 2019. Applicants must have a 2.5 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale and be enrolled at a District of Columbia high school, college or university. Finalists will be interviewed in February, and scholarship winners will be notified in March. Checks will be presented at the DC LULAC State Convention in April.

To apply, visit our webpage to access the Google Doc application: www.lulaclambda.org/scholarship.

To learn more about LULAC Lambda, stop by its next monthly meeting Tuesday, November 13, at 6:00 p.m. at the Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington DC 20036.

LULAC Lambda está aceptando aplicaciones para su programa de becas para la Comunidad LGBTQ Latinx de DC

LULAC Lambda invita a estudiantes universitarios actuales y futuros en el Distrito de Columbia a aplicar para la beca LULAC 2019. Esa beca esta apuntado a estudiantes de la comunidad LGBTQ Latinx.

En 2019, LULAC Lambda otorgará dos becas, una de las cuales será apuntado específicamente a un académico de la comunidad LGBTQ Afro-Latinx. Cada beca será de $1,000.

LULAC Lambda es uno de los 1.000 concilios locales en los Estados Unidos afiliados a la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC), la cual es la organización de voluntarios de derechos civiles hispanos más grande y antigua del país. Uno de los objetivos de LULAC es aumentar el acceso a la educación para los hispanos. Por lo tanto, LULAC alienta a los concilios locales como LULAC Lambda a patrocinar becas.

La aplicación para la Beca Lambda LULAC está disponible a partir del 1 de octubre, y se aceptan las aplicaciones del 15 de noviembre de 2018 al 8 de enero de 2019. Los solicitantes de la Beca Lambda LULAC deben tener un promedio de calificaciones de 2.5 o más en una escala de 4.0 y estar inscritos en una escuela secundaria del Distrito de Columbia, un colegio o una universidad. Los finalistas serán entrevistados en febrero, y los ganadores de las becas serán notificados en marzo. Los cheques se presentarán en la Convención Estatal de DC LULAC en abril.

Para aplicar para la Beca Lambda LULAC, visite www.lulaclambda.org/scholarship para obtener instrucciones y el enlace para acceder a nuestra aplicación en Google Doc.

Para obtener más información sobre LULAC Lambda, visite la próxima reunión mensual de LULAC Lambda el martes 13 de noviembre a las 6:00 p.m. en la Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington DC 20036.