Difference between revisions of "Cecilia Gentili"

Revision as of 00:35, 9 April 2024

Country

Brazil, United States

Birth - Death

1972 - 2024

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender activist who also advocated for the rights of sex workers. Held leadership positions at the LGBTQ HIV/AIDS care nonprofits GMHC and APICHA, co-founded a free clinic for sex workers at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, co-founded DecrimNY, an organization which successfully decriminalized sex work in New York and repealed the "Walking while trans law", and founded Trans Equity Consulting. Author of the books 'Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist' (2022, Stonewall Book Award) and her autobiography 'Red Ink' (2023).

See Also

• Transgender Activiss

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-gentili-0560107b/
• https://www.thebody.com/article/remembering-nyc-transgender-hiv-aids-activist-cecilia-gentili
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cecilia-gentili-remembered-leading-advocate-trans-people-sex-workers-rcna139033

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