1. Hispanic/Latina/Latino Culture: Transgender Issues Presented by Jeffrey Hasson Michelle Scoggins Vinh Tran

5. Cultural Perspective

24. Transgender Latina/o Stigma

35. Family Perspective

44. Sex – Prostitution “ A man like that comes up to me . . . and when the rent is due, or . . . You know it depends on your . . . your desperate level [whether you use a condom or not]. It’s . . . it’s just weird how, you know, people will pay extra. A male will pay you extra without the condom thing.” “ For a long time I didn’t care about using condoms. I think the biggest part was I needed affection. For me prostitution was finally, I had an opportunity where people would hold me and touch me in a more gentle way.”

45. Religious Perspective

48. Latino/ Hispanic &Catholicism cont’d “ Outreach to the transgender community will be a slow process because transsexuals feel dirty and unworthy and these feelings don’t go away with just one talk with them. When people in the community hear the word religion, they automatically close up. ….The orthodoxy of the Catholic Church has made them feel like they are unworthy and that they do not have the right to be present at a religious service. The church has generated guilt, embarrassment and marginalization.” - Rodolfo Contreras, Deacon of the Apostolic Reformed Catholic Church in Guadalajara

49. Transgender and Religion - As a clinician, what do you say to a transgender client when they approach you feeling that they are unworthy of following their own religion? - How can we as clinicians help the Latino transgender community decrease the guilt and embarrassment that has been generated by the Catholic church and other religions?

52. Transgender & Religion - A Latino family is seeking mental health services because they have a gender-variant child. They are very religious, however, have stopped attending services because the church has rejected them because of their child. They are struggling with balancing their religious beliefs with their gender-variant child and need your help. They want your help to “fix” their child so they can be accepted back in their church. How would you approach this?

53. Support/Health Services

64. Clinical Considerations

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