Prison, healthcare and immigration reform all represent important opportunities for transgender communities of color. Transgender women of color are gravely overrepresented in the prison system, and are thirteen times more likely to be raped than the general population in prison.”
HIV/AIDS prevention services must be developed within a framework that considers the intersections of class, gender, race, and sexual orientation, as opposed to having them operate as distinct realities.”
Foundation Successes
Over the last decade, the Minneapolis-based PFund Foundation recognized the need and value of addressing the diversity of LGBTQ populations. It now leads the way in the state in supporting LGBTQ people of color organizations and leaders. Executive Director Greg Grinley tells their story.