Entre Hermanos stands in solidarity with our brothers, sisters, and siblings of color in this moment, and together we breathe.
We mourn George Floyd. We acknowledge the pain and harm that has been perpetrated both against George Floyd and against his family, his community, the Black community, and all people who together wonder: will my family be next. Will justice ever be served.
We breathe a collective sigh of relief as we honor and applaud the verdict reached by the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, finding him guilty of “second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.”
We recognize that this verdict could not have happened without the collective outrage, demonstration, activism, and public pressure that was placed on the media, the Minneapolis Police Department, and government officials. That this verdict might not have happened, like so many others did not happen, without the testimony of members of the Minneapolis Police Department, and the supervisors of the man who – we can now say – was found by a unanimous jury to have murdered George Floyd.
We recognize that the fact that this verdict could only happen with enormous public pressure and the willingness of other officers to testify against Derek Chauvin is a symptom of a system that is not designed to bring justice to people like George Floyd. A system deeply entrenched with rampant systemic racism.
We breathe, and we release an exhale of frustration.
We recognize that this verdict tastes bittersweet to a mourning family, community, and world. We recognize that convicting a man who used a police badge as a license to murder to a prison sentence is a cruel irony, and little balm to a community that has been so victimized by the criminal justice system and the systemic use of imprisonment against their own community.
We also recognize that it is the first time anything like justice has been seen for Black people murdered by police in a very long time.
We recognize that, as with any moment that feels like a victory, the real work begins now once more. We recommit. We stand with those who still have gotten no justice.
We breathe, and we inhale precious oxygen that will empower us to continue to strive for true justice for our community and for all communities.
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Entre Hermanos recently had a monumental victory for one of our earliest legal program clients, “Junior.”
Junior identifies as a male and fled from his home country in Central America after experiencing horrific violence and persecution due to his gender identity and his relationship his female partner.
Having escaped his home country, he was victimized again in Mexico, where he was kidnapped for months and held for ransom, which his family was unable to pay. At great risk to his life, he eventually escaped and made his way to the Mexico/US border. Though he was finally able to make it to the border and cross, he entered after the arbitrary July 19, 2019 deadline set by the Trump administration, which would cause problems for him in seeking asylum.
When we first met Junior in December of 2019, he was still detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. He was being held in a female pod, and was receiving inadequate medical care. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project had done an intake for him, and referred his case to us because they knew we specialized in helping LGBTQ Latino immigrants.
Entre Hermanos attorneys were some of the first people in the United States to speak to Junior using his preferred name and pronouns. Our attorney Kelsey was able to help him prepare his case in time for his January 2020 hearing, and also able to help him in more human ways, such as providing a paper printout of photos sent to him by his partner.
At his asylum hearing, which occurred while he was still detained in in the “female” quarters of the NWIPC in Tacoma, the Judge found him statutorily ineligible for asylum based on the Trump regulation that was being enforced at the time. The Immigration Judge was unwilling to consider the theory that his kidnapping ordeal constituted “trafficking” under the narrow exception.
Junior was faced with an impossible choice: accept a lesser form of relief called “Withholding of Removal,” which would mean he could never adjust status or become a citizen, and could never petition for his partner of almost a decade, or remain detained indefinitely while attempting a risky appeal to the BIA, which is known for very seldom granting relief to immigrants who have been denied relief by an Immigration Judge.
Tearfully, client and lawyers eventually agreed that it was safest for him to get out of the detention environment, which was detrimental to his mental health and safety, and accept Withholding of Removal, which would at least allow him to obtain a work permit and remain in the United States. Though the victory was bittersweet, Junior was relieved to be out of detention.
While his attorney started the process for Junior to get a work permit, Entre Hermanos and the LGBTQ Immigrant Coalition were able to connect Junior with a host family to help him transition into living in the United States. Entre Hermanos’ trans peer navigator was also able to connect him with options for hormone treatment and gender-affirming clothing.
As months passed, we agonized over whether to risk a motion to reopen the case, knowing that each client only has one chance to do so, regardless of how many factors may have changed.
Nearly a year after the original asylum hearing, a California court ordered a stay of execution of the regulation, saying that it could not be validly applied to asylum-seekers like Junior. Al Otro Lado, et al., v. Gaynor, 17-cv-02366-BAS-KSC (S.D.Cal January 18, 2021).
Finally, in February of 2021, we got a notice from the court. Not only had the Judge agreed with us that the Al Otro Lado stay of execution applied to Junior, she had reopened his case sua sponte (of her own accord) and granted asylum!
When Kelsey called Junior to let him know the wonderful news, neither she nor he could properly breathe or speak, and both ended up crying.
Junior now has a path to stay in the United States forever, and can eventually become a legal permanent resident and one day a citizen. Furthermore, he can one day marry his partner and file a petition allowing her to join him in the United States, where both will be safe from the gender-based and sexual orientation-based persecution they faced in their home country.
Junior is currently living independently with his rescue dog (Mia) and working with his work permit as he prepares to get a court-ordered name change to better reflect his identity. He has found a local queer community and is ecstatic to be living in a community where he can be accepted. When he is eligible, his attorneys at Entre Hermanos plan to help him apply to adjust status to become a Legal Permanent Resident.
Huge thanks to our colleagues at Al Otro Lado for their tireless work on the lawsuit that made this outcome possible, and Congratulations, Junior!
During this time of anguish for our country and the black community, Entre Hermanos stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, as we mourn the losses of black individuals lost to senseless police brutality, structural racism, and white supremacy. We mourn George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Brianna Taylor, Tony McDade and the millions of black Americans who have died from the onset of America’s original sin of slavery, ethnocide, and cultural destruction.George Floyd died gasping for air. His legacy is helping his people breathe.
June is usually a month of celebration for our community. A month to celebrate those that have helped our people breath. It is also a month to celebrate our true selves and the advancement of LGBTQI+ rights. This month we will continue to celebrate our true selves and victories, but we will also push harder than ever for systematic reforms to the injustices our country continues to inflict on indigenous, immigrant, LGBTQ, people of color, and black communities.
While we work at systematic reforms, we are committed to address biases and implicit racism within our organization and community, for the Latino community also suffers from antiblackness. Remember… Pride was a rebellion!
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¿Quieres hacer una consulta de Inmigración con uno de nuestros abogados?
Entre Hermanos ofrece clínicas de Inmigración a nuestra comunidad Latina LGBTQ. Las consultas de inmigración se desarrollan todos los Martes de 9:00 AM a 12:00 PM, y los Jueves de 1:00 PM a 5:00 PM. Reserva tu cita para asuntos de inmigración aquí:
La mayoría de las personas que contraigan COVID-19 solo se enfermarán levemente y deberían recuperarse en su hogar.* Los cuidados en la casa pueden ayudar a detener la propagación del COVID-19 y proteger a las personas que tienen riesgo de enfermarse gravemente a causa del COVID-19.
NUEVA YORK / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Las inspecciones federales de la única unidad de detención dedicada del gobierno de los EE. UU. Para inmigrantes transgénero el año pasado encontraron cientos de solicitudes de atención médica sin respuesta, procedimientos de cuarentena deficientes y tratamiento deficiente para enfermedades mentales y otras enfermedades crónicas, según informó Reuters.
Los detalles de las inspecciones de la unidad transgénero en el Centro Correccional del Condado de Cibola en Nuevo México, que no se han informado previamente, se incluyeron en informes internos del cuerpo de salud del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) de EE. UU. Y un Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU. ( DHS) oficina de derechos civiles.
Los problemas, que llevaron a la transferencia de todos los detenidos a otras instalaciones en enero, fueron descritos a Reuters por ayudantes del Congreso que fueron informados sobre los documentos y hablaron bajo condición de anonimato.
Los informes salen a la luz cuando los demócratas en el Congreso acusan a ICE de no cumplir con los estándares de la agencia para el cuidado de inmigrantes transgénero detenidos.
April Grant, una portavoz de ICE, no comentó directamente sobre los detalles detallados por los asistentes del Congreso, pero confirmó que un informe de diciembre de 2019 del cuerpo de salud de ICE encontró “varias deficiencias relacionadas con la atención médica” en el centro, como no completar el laboratorio ordene o haga arreglos para que los pacientes con VIH vean a especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas dentro de los 30 días de su llegada.
Grant dijo que muchos de esos problemas se abordaron en diciembre, por ejemplo, acelerando las órdenes de laboratorio atrasados y educando al personal sobre los estándares de detención y las políticas de medicamentos.
Sin embargo, las preocupaciones llevaron a la transferencia de todas las aproximadamente dos docenas de detenidos en la unidad transgénero, así como otros detenidos con enfermedades crónicas en la población general. Alrededor de la mitad fueron enviados a una instalación de Aurora, Colorado, y los demás a uno en Tacoma, Washington, según los detenidos transgénero, ex detenidos y sus defensores.
En Cibola, dijeron algunos a Reuters, los detenidos habían hecho intentos desesperados por obtener la atención adecuada.
“Cada vez que nos sentíamos enfermos, el primer paso era presentar una solicitud, pero nunca respondían”, dijo Kelly Aguilar, una mujer transgénero de 23 años de Honduras que dijo que había sido detenida en Cibola durante dos años antes de ser transferida a Aurora.
“Cuando las personas tenían fiebre, dolores de cabeza, problemas estomacales, simplemente intentamos ayudarnos entre nosotros dando sorbos de agua o comprando píldoras en el economato, pero muchas veces no teníamos dinero”.
ICE no pudo comentar de inmediato los casos individuales descritos en esta historia.
Amanda Gilchrist, una portavoz de CoreCivic Inc ( CXW.N ), la compañía privada de prisiones que opera Cibola y retiene a los inmigrantes detenidos bajo un contrato de ICE, dijo que la compañía estaba “comprometida a proporcionar un ambiente seguro para los detenidos transgénero”, incluida la capacitación del personal sobre prevención abuso y acoso.
La mujer transgénero Shantell Hernández, de 29 años, de Honduras, posa en la oficina de su abogado en Seattle, Washington, EE. UU. El 28 de febrero de 2020. Fotografía tomada el 28 de febrero de 2020. REUTERS / David Ryder
UN DEBATE EN CONGRESO
Las revelaciones sobre las preocupaciones médicas en Cibola se producen cuando los demócratas en el Congreso están analizando la atención de los aproximadamente 100 detenidos transgénero autoidentificados en las instalaciones de los EE. UU., Una pequeña porción de migrantes bajo custodia de inmigración. Muchos esperan la resolución de las solicitudes de asilo.
Los legisladores demócratas están presionando a ICE para que haga cumplir los estándares de detención existentes de la agencia para inmigrantes transgénero establecidos en un memorando de 2015. El memorando, firmado por el ex director de ICE Thomas Homan durante la administración de Obama, ofrece protecciones tales como permitir que los inmigrantes sean alojados de acuerdo con su identidad de género (mujeres transgénero con otras mujeres, por ejemplo), así como tener acceso a los requisitos médicos necesarios. terapia hormonal y cuidado de la salud mental.
Homan dijo a Reuters que había resultado difícil encontrar instalaciones dispuestas a modificar sus contratos para adoptar los estándares de atención transgénero. Actualmente ninguno lo ha hecho.
Algunas instalaciones de ICE, como Cibola, son operadas por compañías privadas de prisiones. Otros son administrados por gobiernos federales, estatales o locales. En diciembre, los demócratas ordenaron a ICE, en orientación legislativa que acompañaba un paquete de gastos, que se adhiriera al memorando, pero ICE rechazó la solicitud a fines de enero, según un asistente del Congreso. La orientación legislativa de los demócratas “no es legalmente vinculante para la agencia”, según una declaración de ICE que fue proporcionada al Congreso y vista por Reuters.
La orientación legislativa que acompaña a los proyectos de ley de gastos es comúnmente seguida por las agencias gubernamentales, dicen ex funcionarios federales y expertos legales.
Grant dijo que varios de los más de 200 centros de detención de inmigrantes del país han implementado “informalmente” aspectos del memorando de 2015. Ella dijo que ICE continúa buscando instalaciones dispuestas a administrar una unidad de vivienda transgénero dedicada y “sigue siendo optimista de que algunos lugares firmarán la modificación formal del contrato”.
Sharita Gruberg, del Centro para el Progreso Estadounidense liberal sin fines de lucro con sede en Washington DC, uno de los grupos que presentó quejas ante ICE sobre el tratamiento de los detenidos transgénero, dijo que las transferencias solo trasladaron los problemas a otras instalaciones.
“El Congreso está pidiendo a ICE que adopte sus propios estándares de atención”, dijo. Pero “en lugar de cumplir con sus propios estándares y cumplir con la dirección del Congreso, optaron por la opción secreta número tres de solo transferir (detenidos) a otras cárceles privadas”.
Desde que asumió el cargo en 2017, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha revocado las protecciones para las personas transgénero en el ejército, las escuelas públicas y las prisiones federales de los EE. UU.
Trump también ha tomado medidas enérgicas contra la inmigración, incluida una mayor detención de inmigrantes no autorizados, una parte importante de su presidencia y su campaña de reelección de 2020.
DE LA ESPERANZA A LA DECEPCIÓN
ICE abrió la unidad transgénero dedicada en Cibola en 2017 después de que una instalación similar en California terminara su contrato con la agencia.
Algunos detenidos dijeron a Reuters que llegar a Cibola inicialmente parecía un respiro, permitiéndoles vivir entre otros como ellos, sin temor al abuso que habían sufrido en sus países de origen y otros centros de detención estadounidenses.
Zsa Zsa, una jamaicana de 54 años que pidió que se ocultara su apellido, dijo que después de pasar temporadas en las instalaciones de ICE en la población general de detenidos masculinos en San Diego y El Paso, se sintió más segura en Cibola. Pero pronto, dijo, llegó a creer que la atención médica en Cibola era “muy pobre”. Ella dijo que intentó repetidamente y no logró obtener un medicamento específico para controlar su presión arterial alta, mareándose por la falta de tratamiento.
La detenida hondureña Shantell Hernández, de 29 años, dijo que había pedido hormonas repetidamente en Cibola, pero fue en vano. Tomó su traslado a la detención en Washington para obtener el medicamento que dijo que necesitaba.
Thank you Somos Seattle for honoring Joel Aguirre (La Gordis) with the LGBTQ Latinx Legacy Award 2019!
A brief bio about Joel: Born in Colima, México and raised in the city of Guadalajara, México, Joel Aguirre is also known lovingly by the LGBTQ community as La Gorda. Before moving to Seattle, Joel attended ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara. Also in Guadalajara, he invented a theatrical persona known as Gordis Agusto and was active in the rich theatrical scene there, Among many other contributions to the arts community there, he was Coordinador de Espectaculos for Patronato de las Fiestas de Octubre, managing all the artistic stages including the Main Stage with a capacity of over 20,000 people.
Joel was awakened to activism and passion for social justice at the age of 16, inspired by his own father to serve the community. His commitment to social activism was intensified when the AIDS epidemic broke out. He knew that this epidemic was not just affecting the physical body but the whole of society and its attitude toward LGBT and people of color. He had no choice but to get involved in the fight for equality, human rights, and the seemingly endless battle again HIV/AIDS. Joel immediately found, as a member of the LGBTQ community, he was more than ever a target of attacks and that his community was blamed and shamed for this disease.
In 1998, Joel emigrated to Seattle and immediately started to get involved in how to organize and respond to the special challenges of the Latinx community. At the University of Washington, he worked as a Research Assistant in the School of Medicine. With his theatrical and entertainer background and experience earned in Guadalajara’s show business and cultural circuits, he quickly became the hottest LGBTQ host and entertainer of La Noche Latina with Entre Hermanos. He has continued using his talents with other groups, such as Somos Seattle, to be able to convey messages and strategies to prevent the spread of HIV, promote testing as prevention, improve the treatment of people living with HIV, and create a true sense of solidarity and community throughout the region.
ESPAÑOL —————————————————- ¡Gracias SOMOS Seattle por hacer honor a Joel Aguirre (La Gordis) con el LGBTQ Latinx Legacy Award 2019 en el Seattle Latinx Pride!
Una breve biografía sobre Joel: Nacido en Colima, México y criado en la ciudad de Guadalajara, Joel Aguirre también es conocido cariñosamente por la comunidad LGBTQ como “La Gordis”. Antes de mudarse a Seattle, Joel asistió al ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara. Allí, inventó un personaje teatral conocida como “Gordis Agusto” y participó allí activamente en la rica escena teatral. Entre muchas otras contribuciones a la comunidad artística, fue Coordinador de Espectaculos para el Patronato de las Fiestas de Octubre, gestionando todos los trabajos artísticos incluyendo el escenario principal con una capacidad de más de 20,000 personas.
Joel fue despertado al activismo y la pasión por la justicia social a la edad de 16 años, inspirado por su propio padre para servir a la comunidad. Su compromiso con el activismo social se intensificó cuando estalló la epidemia del SIDA. Sabía que esta epidemia no solo afectaba al cuerpo físico sino a toda la sociedad y actitud hacia las personas LGBTQ de color. No tuvo más remedio que involucrarse en la lucha por la igualdad, los derechos humanos y la batalla interminable contra el VIH/SIDA. Joel descubrió de inmediato, como miembro de la comunidad LGBTQ, que era más que nunca un blanco de ataques y que su comunidad era culpada y avergonzada por esta enfermedad.
En 1998, Joel emigró a Seattle e inmediatamente comenzó a involucrarse, organizarse y responder a los desafíos especiales de la comunidad latina. En la Universidad de Washington, trabajó como asistente de investigación en la Facultad de medicina. Con su experiencia teatral artística y la experiencia obtenida en los circuitos culturales y de espectáculos de Guadalajara, se convirtió rápidamente en el mejor presentador y animador LGBTQ de La Noche Latina Seattle con Entre Hermanos. Ha continuado usando sus talentos con otros grupos, como Somos Seattle, para poder transmitir mensajes y estrategias para prevenir la propagación del VIH, promover las pruebas, mejorar el tratamiento de las personas que viven con el VIH y crear un verdadero sentido de solidaridad y comunidad en toda la región.
Do you ever sit up at night, or in the morning, afternoon, early evening, and all other times, dwelling on how absolutely fucked our immigration system is and how powerless most of us are to do anything about it? Haha same! But while none of us can personally abolish ICE, there are things we can do right here in Seattle to improve the lives of immigrants and asylum seekers. Specifically the LGBTQ+ ones served by Entre Hermanos.
Every year during Pride, Uncle Ike’s organizes its vendors for “The Big Lift” fundraising drive to support Entre Hermanos, which works to support the Latinx LGBTQ+ community. This year, we’re thrilled to announce that we beat last year’s record of $37,000 with a whopping $40,161.83. We’d like to thank all the vendors who participated, and remind anyone reading this that the giving doesn’t end with Pride — there is a donation box on the counter at Ike’s Central District location year round.
But mostly we’d like to explain why we support Entre Hermanos specifically and why you should too. First, a bit of backstory: Entre Hermanos was founded in 1991 primarily to combat the HIV/AIDS crisis. They offered and continue to offer free onsite HIV testing, as well as prevention services (free condoms, assistance with PrEP, etc.) and bilingual case management for HIV+ members of the community.
“Our services ease access to life-saving information, services, and resources for those at highest risk of sexually-transmitted infection and facing the greatest barriers due to their intersecting identities,” said Owen David, Entre Hermanos’ Development Manager. But while their work around HIV continues to be vital, especially in ensuring equal access to PrEP for members of the Latinx LGBTQ+ community, but there is a new crisis afoot.
LGBTQ people are criminalized in dozens of countries, many of them in Central or South America. The number of LGBTQ, and specifically trans, individuals fleeing discrimination in their home countries, and seeking asylum in the U.S., has risen. Unfortunately, our country’s track record on trans rights isn’t exactly spotless, and our immigration enforcement agencies’ even less so. It’s not quite hopping out of the frying pan and into the fire — obviously anything is better than being murdered by a gang for your gender identity — but it’s still unfair and unconscionable.
“The greatness for me of any society is how well it cares for those who can least care for themselves.”
As the Human Rights Coalition wrote, in January of this year, “Trans women were detained on average more than twice the average length of detainment of all immigrants held in ICE custody during fiscal year 2017. Trans people (and particularly transgender women) have also consistently reported harassment, assault and maltreatment from ICE officers due to their transgender status.” That’s on top of frequently being held in solitary confinement or all-male facilities, and being subjected to an endlessly bureaucratic, Kafkaesque asylum process.
This is where organizations like Entre Hermanos come in. They recently obtained funding for a full-time, bilingual immigration lawyer, Isis Goldberg, who advocates for clients throughout this arduous process. Most importantly, Entre Hermanos runs a program that pairs asylum seekers with local sponsors, which allows them to be released from detention while their case is pending. If you’re in a position to host and support an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker, you absolutely should. (If you’re not, David reminded us that there are plenty of other ways to help, like attending the November 2 Dia de los Muertos gala, volunteering at events, assembling HIV prevention kits, or assisting with their upcoming census outreach work. Follow them on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram for updates and volunteer opportunities.) However, no matter how you give, helping Entre Hermanos helps alleviate the harm being done at our southern border.
Which brings us to why we donate. As Entre Hermanos Interim Executive Director Mark Buckley pointed out, when we spoke recently, the great philanthropists of old —the Rockefellers and their ilk — gave because they knew it was good for them. Businesses do not succeed in a vacuum, they succeed because of their community succeeds. And as Buckley also put it, “The greatness for me of any society is how well it cares for those who can least care for themselves.”
In 2018, 90% of Entre Hermanos’ clients were monolingual, undocumented, and living below the poverty line. Among their clients seeking asylum, 90% were trans. Being in either one of those groups in America is challenging, being in both is nearly insurmountable. But with the help of organizations like Entre Hermanos, the people at the center of that very difficult Venn diagram can thrive here. At Uncle Ike’s, we believe that Seattle is a better place for their presence.
“For the first time in at least four days, she felt safe.”
“They are the ones who are fleeing their home countries and they’re fleeing their families,” Buckley said. “It’s a mortal threat. They get kicked out of their homes, they can be incarcerated without notice, they can experience violence. All because they look different.”
For visceral, uncomfortable proof of that, read this harrowing story by a trans asylum seeker from The Stranger’s Pride issue. Her story is also proof that trans asylum seekers can succeed in Seattle, if only they’re given the resources to. It is one thing to declare ourselves a sanctuary city, an another entirely to actually provide sanctuary. While not all of us are in a position to welcome LGBTQ+ asylum seekers into our homes, we can at least find $5, $50, or $500 to help Entre Hermanos do it.
Ike’s also donates because, while Entre Hermanos does receive government funding and grants, those funds are typically restricted to specific programs. Unrestricted private donations are crucial; they pay for the unglamorous but essential stuff like office supplies and rent. And they do, of course, go to programs.
“We’re now looking to round out funding so that we can have a trans peer navigator,” Buckley said, someone “who is trans themselves and can work with this population that’s really scared.” Your $5 could help make that happen. Or it could just help keep the lights on, and keep Entre Hermanos open as a safe place for the people who need it. That alone is huge.
Recently, Buckley said, they’d had a client come in, a monolingual transgender woman who had been living on the street for four days. “She’d been threatened with her life, among other things,” he said. “She came here looking for a place to stay, so Alejandra [Grillo-Roa], our social worker, went to work immediately finding a place that could speak Spanish and also be a safe place for her to sleep.”
But what struck him was that, while the woman was waiting for Grillo-Roa to work her magic, she fell dead asleep right there in the office. “Snoring,” Buckley said, “Because for the first time in at least four days, she felt safe.”
“That’s an example,” he concluded, of the importance of Entre Hermanos simply being there. “If you multiply that by hundreds and thousands, you see why this little entity sitting here on Jackson is such a lifeline for so many people.”
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This is the first piece in an ongoing series about Entre Hermanos, sponsored by Uncle Ike’s. If you enjoyed this piece, please stay tuned here at The Sesh or via SLOG. To donate to Entre Hermanos, click here.
Entre Hermanos junto a la Universidad de Washington está desarrollando un proyecto de investigación en el cual se pretende entender y mejorar la salud de los hombres inmigrantes Latinos.
Si estás interesado en este proyecto, nos gustaría hacerte una entrevista para saber tus opiniones sobre la prueba de VIH, así como los medicamentos que sirven para prevenir el VIH. También nos gustaría saber sobre el uso que le das a las redes sociales y la tecnología, así poder explorar herramientas para mejorar la salud de los inmigrantes latinos.
Esta entrevista será confidencial y voluntaria. Si eres elegible para el estudio se te dará una Gift Card de $50 por participar en la entrevista.
Puedes comunicarte al teléfono de Entre Hermanos: (206) 322-7700
O también puedes llamar a la línea directa de los investigadores:
Joel Aguirre: (206) 330-2047 E-mail: joel@entrehermanos.org
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