Entre Hermanos Honored with the 2025 “Community Impact Award” by the Human Rights Campaign | Entre Hermanos recibe el premio “Impacto Comunitario 2025” otorgado por Human Rights Campaign 🏆

by: Pablo Castillo, Entre Hermanos’ Director of Communications

On October 11, 2025, at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Seattle Gala held at Victory Hall, Entre Hermanos was honored with the Community Impact Award — a recognition that celebrates our ongoing fight for equity, visibility, and the dignity of Washington’s Latine LGBTQ+ community. 

The evening was a powerful gathering of advocates, leaders, and allies from across the state and the nation. This year’s guests included comedian Dana Goldberg and Congresswoman Emily Randall (WA-06), whose presence underscored the spirit of unity and representation that defines this event. Together, attendees celebrated the progress made and renewed their commitment to the work still ahead for full equality and inclusion. 


El pasado 11 de octubre de 2025, en la Gala de Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Seattle celebrada en Victory Hall, Entre Hermanos fue galardonado con el Premio al Impacto Comunitario 2025, un reconocimiento que celebra nuestra lucha constante por la equidad, la visibilidad y la dignidad de la comunidad LGBTQ+ Latine en el estado de Washington. 

La velada reunió a defensores, líderes y aliados de todo el estado y del país. Entre los invitados destacados de este año estuvieron la comediante Dana Goldberg y la Congresista Emily Randall (WA-06), cuya presencia reafirmó el espíritu de unidad y representación que caracteriza este evento. Fue una noche para celebrar los avances logrados y renovar el compromiso con la lucha que aún continúa por la plena igualdad e inclusión. 

Receiving this award was more than an honor — it was a moment of collective pride and reflection. It represents the decades of work that Entre Hermanos has carried forward: from legal advocacy and health services to community education and empowerment. It also reaffirms the importance of partnerships with national allies like HRC, whose solidarity amplifies our mission and strengthens our reach.

For our team, this recognition is both a celebration and a call to action — a reminder that the struggle for justice extends beyond Washington State and resonates with the broader movement for equality across the United States. 


Recibir este reconocimiento fue mucho más que un honor: fue un momento de orgullo colectivo y reflexión. Representa las décadas de trabajo que Entre Hermanos ha desarrollado, desde la defensa legal y los servicios de salud, hasta la educacióny el empoderamiento comunitario. También reafirma la importancia de fortalecer alianzas con organizaciones nacionales como HRC, cuya solidaridad amplifica nuestra misión y expande nuestro alcance. 

Para todo nuestro equipo, este galardón es a la vez una celebración y un llamado a la acción: un recordatorio de que la lucha por la justicia va más allá del estado de Washington y se conecta con un movimiento nacional e internacional por la igualdad y los derechos humanos. 


As we look ahead to 2026, when Entre Hermanos will celebrate 35 years of service, we do so with gratitude, pride, and renewed determination. 

Together, we continue to migrate, transform, and thrive — building a future where every voice in our community can rise with dignity and joy. 


Al mirar hacia el 2026, año en que Entre Hermanos celebrará 35 años de servicio, lo hacemos con gratitud, orgullo y una renovada determinación. 

Juntos, seguimos migrando, transformándonos y floreciendo, construyendo un futuro donde cada voz de nuestra comunidad pueda alzarse con dignidad y alegría. 

Entre Hermanos Statement: June 4 Executive Order Restricting Access to Asylum

NEW RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Seattle, Washington

June 5th, 2024

Contact: Robert Foss

Title: Director of Legal Services

Email: robert@entrehermanos.org

The executive order of June 4 restricting entry and suspending access to asylum has serious ramifications for the Latinx LGBTQ+ community.  It is disappointing that at the very beginning of our community’s celebration of pride, we are faced with new barriers to justice.


So many members of our community have suffered persecution, violence, and assassination simply because of who they are and who they love.  These new restrictions on asylum will directly increase the number of deaths for LGBTQ refugees, both in their home countries and in the border regions.  Transwomen in particular are subjected to astonishingly vicious levels of hate and violence, demonstrated by the ongoing death toll in many of our neighboring countries.  The executive order does not reflect the most basic of human rights—the right to live and love.  The members of our community deserve safety, refuge, and respect as they seek to simply be who they are. 
We urge the Biden Administration to implement policy which is in line with the human rights of our Latinx siblings and with the humanitarian values which should inform our immigration policies.  We call for an asylum system consistent with both justice and our international obligations which recognizes the plight of all refugees, especially in the LGBTQ+ community.  We must process many more cases of refugee status for our community through our embassies and consular offices worldwide.  We must simplify and uphold due process for all asylum seekers both at the border and in our immigration courts.  In the end, we must approve many more cases.


Entre Hermanos has firsthand knowledge of the suffering of asylum seekers.  We also know the richness, beauty, and joy which they bring to us.  We stand with the newly arrived in this month of pride, knowing that our own struggle for justice is far from complete.  

Robert Foss 
Entre Hermanos Director of Legal Services