Bamby Salcedo

Bamby Salcedo

Country

United States

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender activist. Member of Angels of Change, an organization that provides health care services for trans youth. Honoured with a 2014 Lambda Legal Award for her work. Board member for the national Latino/a human rights organization, Unidas LGBT, and the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC). Operates the Coalición Trans-Latina, a group of transgender Latino leaders from around the country working to address and advocate for the needs of trans Latins living in the United States. HIV positive.

See Also

• Transgender Activists

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/06/18/watch-bamby-salcedos-moving-speech-trans-rights
• http://artsci.ucla.edu/hivla/bamby/index.html
• http://www.glaad.org/blog/latina-transgender-advocate-bamby-salcedo-youth-and-hivaids-prevention-and-education