Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo
Caption: Courtesy of Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo.
Image Description: A group of thirteen individuals wearing face masks gather around an altar with different pictures of people, white cut out crosses stand on the floor. The altar table and a line of candles divides the group. On the left nine of the people are standing while one of them is squatting. Behind them is a sequin backdrop of blue, white and pink draped fabric. The background is a brick apartment building with multiple windows. On the right of the image there are three standing individuals. It is night and the trees are bare.
Image Description: A group of thirteen individuals wearing face masks gather around an altar with different pictures of people, white cut out crosses stand on the floor. The altar table and a line of candles divides the group. On the left nine of the people are standing while one of them is squatting. Behind them is a sequin backdrop of blue, white and pink draped fabric. The background is a brick apartment building with multiple windows. On the right of the image there are three standing individuals. It is night and the trees are bare.
Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo is a social organization, which works on the empowerment of human rights, access and comprehensive health care of Trans and Gender Non Binary (TransGNB) people, strengthening the social and cultural expression of diverse gender identities in New York City in order to guarantee our well-being and the right to a life free of all types of violence. Based in Jackson Heights, Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo was founded by TransLatina activist Lorena Borjas, who was known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens. Her untimely death in 2020 was caused by Covid19-related illness and is being mourned by the community at large.