
Handling the Holiday Blues
On December 11th, QLatinx teamed up with the Jacksonville Transgender Action Committee and Project PHASES for a second edition of our Conversations series, a community safe space for queer transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals in the Jacksonville area. As part of this program, we bring together community advocates who are working to empower TGNC communities of color and a mental health expert to support us as we lead guided conversations about issues our communit

Maven Leadership Collective!
We are honored and proud to announce, Gabriella Rodriguez, Raidel Moreno Armas, and Christopher J. Cuevas, three of our organization's leaders and organizers have been chosen to serve as part of the Maven Leadership Collective's inaugural Orlando cohort! We wish them well on this 8-month journey and are excited to see the change they will bring to the Central Florida community through this transformative experience. #QLatinx #OrlandoUnidos #Maven

The IDEAS Hive: QLatinx x Bros in Convo
Last night our Executive Director Christopher J. Cuevas and the Founder of The Bros in Convo Initiative Daniel J. Downer teamed up with IDEAS for Us and The IDEAS Hive for a discussion about the impacts of HIV/AIDS on local and global communities, and efforts to reduce transmission and increase care for the most at risk communities. In a brainstorming session with the participants, we were able to create a sustainable plan for prevention and outreach in the community - which

QLatinx Leader Honored on World AIDS Day
On December 1st, the Central Florida Ryan White HIV/AIDS Planning Council hosted their annual World AIDS Day event, which invited leaders from across Central Florida to join together in reflection of the work done to build on the HIV/AIDS movement over the past 30 years. We gathered to renew our commitment to an AIDS free generation by addressing the epidemic together, remembering those lost over the years that gave their bodies and voices for the movement, and to uplift thos

REDTalk: QLatinx x UCF
Last night, the Multicultural Student Center at the University of Central Florida and QLatinx hosted #REDTalk: A World AIDS Dinner Party, an annual banquet meant to bring awareness to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the community. The goal of the evening was to have students, faculty, staff, and the community empowered to take care of their sexual health and stay updated to are for and create spaces for those impacted by the epidemic. Throughout the evening we had an incredi

Why I'm Voting This Election Day
Over these past few months, we’ve seen huge numbers of people voting early across in an election that will help determine the future of our

They Can't Erase Us!
As the Trump Administration seeks to invalidate the lives and experiences of the transgender community, we stand firm that our experiences a

Academy for Racial Justice
On Thursday, October 18th, QLatinx joined The Reformation Project to host the annual Academy for Racial Justice, as part of The Reformation Project's National Conference -- hosted in Orlando in 2018. As LGBTQ+ and straight people of faith and spiritual grounding, how do we make our movement for LGBTQ+ affirmation and inclusion fully anti-oppressive? What does healing from internalized racism and internalized homophobia look like? During the day long lesson, QLatinx Executive

#HablamosAlto
The National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) is a national community mobilization and social marketing campaign that unites the Hispanic/Latino/a/x community in efforts to raise HIV awareness, promotion of HIV testing, prevention, and education; in addition to other critical health issues such as viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB). This year I had the pleasure of sitting down with Florida House District 49 Representative Carlos Gu

#NLAAD
Annually on October 15th, National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) mobilizes community based organizations, leaders of the Latino community, health departments, and elected officials to spread awareness within the Latino community about HIV/AIDS, and bring about improvements in HIV related health practices by building capacity, developing and disseminated resources, utilizing media channels, and casting the spotlight on Latino faces behind the epidemic. This year QLatinx jo