Transgender Law Center

TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER TLC CHANGES LAW, POLICY AND ATTITUDES SO THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN LIVE SAFELY, AUTHENTICALLY, AND FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION.

BLACK LGBTQIA+ MIGRANT PROJECT: BLMP WAS IN THE MIDST OF A SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, WITH ONE CO-LEADER REMAINING AND A NEW CO-LEADER HIRED. WE ADDED A DIGITAL ORGANIZER TO SUPPORT NATIONAL AND LOCAL BASE-BUILDING AS WELL AS RECRUITMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. WE HAVE SUSTAINED AND CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OUR MALAIKA NETWORK, A STIPENDED GROUP OF 10 (40% OF WHOM ARE BASED IN CALIFORNIA) FORMERLY DETAINED AND/OR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT DEPORTATION DEFENSE. THE MALAIKA NETWORK WILL BUILD BLMPS CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN DEPORTATION DEFENSE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DETENTION, INCLUDING REDUCING THEIR ISOLATION, LAUNCHING ORGANIZING AND FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS TO GET THEM OUT, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT POST-DETENTION. WE HAVE GROWN OUR BAY AREA, HOUSTON, NYC, AND MINNEAPOLIS NETWORK BY ESTABLISHING A LOCAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE, HOSTING REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS, AND ENGAGING MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WE BUILT ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR PILOT FIERCE FREEDOM SCHOOL IN 2020A TWO-MONTH, WEEKLY VIRTUAL POLITICAL EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 14 U.S.-BORN AND MIGRANT BLACK TRANS WOMEN AND FEMMES, ORGANIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSGENDER LAW CENTERS BLACK TRANS CIRCLESAND HAVE ORGANIZED ANOTHER FREEDOM SCHOOLS IN 2021, BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF DEVELOPING LEADERS IN UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE VIOLENCE THEY FACE AND CREATING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THESE CAUSES. WE ARE ENGAGING 10 PARTICIPANTS NATIONALLY. WE CONTINUED OUR POLITICAL EDUCATION SERIES WHICH OCCUR ON A MONTHLY BASIS REACHING HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES. TO DRAW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CRIMINALIZATION, XENOPHOBIA, HOMO/TRANSPHOBIA AND ANTI-BLACKNESS. WE CO-LED EFFORTS, ALONG WITH THE ANTI POLICE TERROR PROJECT (APTP) TO DEFUND THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT (OPD). THIS YEAR WE MANAGED TO WORK WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO DEFUND OPD BY $10 MILLION. BLMP IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE ABUSE OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS AT THE BORDER. WE PARTNERED WITH OTHER MIGRANT JUSTICE GROUPS ON PRESS STATEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, ALERTED AND MOBILIZED OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND JOINED WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE, UNDOCUBLACK, UNITED WE DREAM, THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS IN CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND POLICY CHANGES. THESE INCLUDE: HALTING DEPORTATIONS AND ENDING THE USE OF TITLE 42 AT THE BORDER AND AT ALL POINTS OF ENTRY; ENACTING WIDE-SCALE HUMANITARIAN PAROLE FOR HAITIANS; DEFUNDING AND DIVESTING FROM DHS, ICE, AND CBP; INVESTING IN HUMANE, HOLISTIC IMMIGRATION. WE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT ABOUT OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) AND THE CONDUCT OF DHSS OFFICERS AND AGENTS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO, TEXAS, ALONG WITH 45 OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS, REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE DIALOGUE WITH CRCL STAFF ABOUT A VARIETY OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF MIGRANTS RIGHTS DOCUMENTED BY ADVOCATES AND ATTORNEYS ON THE GROUND IN DEL RIO WITH WHOM OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY IN TOUCH.WE COLLECTIVELY DRAFTED THE DIGNITY NOT DETENTION STATEMENT, DENOUNCING THE INHERENT ANTI-BLACKNESS HAPPENING IN DEL RIO, AND DEMANDED ALL DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TO HAITI AND OTHER BLACK COUNTRIES TO STOP IMMEDIATELY AND DEMANDING THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GRANT HAITIANS SEEKING ASYLUM HUMANITARIAN PAROLE. WE CO-PLANNED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE RISE UP FOR BLACK MIGRANTS! NO MORE DEPORTATIONS! PRESS CONFERENCE, RALLY, MARCH, AND TWITTER STORM IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AT THE BORDER ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2021, TO DEMAND AN END TO PRESIDENT BIDENS INHUMANE MASS DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS. WE CONTINUED TO SPEAK OUT, MOBILIZE, AND ADVOCATE BY ENGAGING IN HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCES NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON OCTOBER 14, 2021 IN SUPPORT OF PEOPLE FROM HAITI, BLACK MIGRANTS, AND ALL IMMIGRANTS FLEEING PERSECUTION AND SEEKING A BETTER LIFE, AND BY ENGAGING BLMP LOCAL ORGANIZING HUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS ORGANIZING TACTICS TO ILLUMINATE THE ISSUE AND FURTHER MOVE DECISION-MAKERS TOWARD LIBERATORY IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION. (CONT'D AT SCHEDULE O)

LEGAL PROGRAM: IN TERMS OF LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, WITH KEY HIGHLIGHTS DETAILED BELOW: OUR INTERSECTIONAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE ROLLBACK OF THE FULL ARRAY OF NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS UNDER SECTION 1557 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED DESPITE GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR IT TO BE DISMISSED, EVEN AS OTHER, MORE NARROW SUITS WERE DISMISSED. IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY BRIEFLY STAYED TO ALLOW THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TIME THIS SPRING TO PROPOSE NEW REGULATIONS TO REPLACE THOSE GUTTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS SUIT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR KEEPING PRESSURE ON TO RESTORE PROTECTIONS. IN OUR ADVOCACY TO ENDTRANSDETENTION, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE FIRM BALLARD SPAHR TO FILE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWSUITS, FOLLOWING UP ON MULTIPLE FOIA REQUESTS TO WHICH WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RESPONSES. (CONT'D AT SCHEDULE O)

BORDER BUTTERFLIES PROJECT: WITH A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE DOING THIS WORKEVEN UNDER THE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMICTHE BORDER BUTTERFLIES COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BRINGS A UNIQUE AND UNPARALLELED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES THAT LGBT MIGRANTS ARE FACING AT THE BORDER AND ON ENTRY INTO THE U.S., AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED, BOTH IN TERMS OF PRACTICAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND IN TERMS OF POLICY AND SYSTEMIC REFORMS. LGBT MIGRANTS WERE HIGHLY VULNERABLE EVEN BEFORE THE XENOPHOBIC POLICIES OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SO WE CANNOT SIMPLY PUSH TO REVERSE THE WORST OF TRUMPS POLICIES. OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK, EXPERIENCE, AND VOICES ARE CRITICAL AT THIS MOMENT AS WE SEEK TO ASSIST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AT THE BORDER AND AS THE U.S. WORKS TO RE-ENVISION ITS IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM POLICIES AND SYSTEMS IN A MORE HUMANE AND INCLUSIVE WAY. THIS PROJECT DRAWS ON THE COMPLEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF AN ARRAY OF COLLABORATING PARTNERS (FUNDED AT VARIOUS LEVELS) TO PROVIDE THE MIX OF LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES THAT LGBT MIGRANTS NEED WHILE IN MEXICO, ON CROSSING THE BORDER INTO THE U.S., AND ONCE IN THE U.S. (WHETHER IN DETENTION OR ON RELEASE). TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER PROVIDES LEGAL COORDINATION VIA A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY AND OTHER LEGAL SUPPORT, A LEGAL OFFICE IN TIJUANA, LIMITED HUMANITARIAN AID IN MEXICO, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, AND GRANT MANAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. FAMILIA: TRANS QUEER LIBERATION MOVEMENT PROVIDES FULL-TIME PROJECT COORDINATION, FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN DETENTION, IMMEDIATELY UPON RELEASE, AND POST-RELEASE, AS WELL AS COORDINATING ORGANIZING EFFORTS WITHIN THE COLLABORATION. NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER PROVIDES IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY SERVICES. CASA ARCOIRIS AND JARDIN DE MARIPOSA PROVIDE HOUSING/SHELTER TO LGBT MIGRANTS. CASA ARCOIRIS IS ALSO PROVIDING SOME WRAPAROUND SERVICES. REFUGEE HEALTH ALLIANCE/CLNICA DE SALUD Y JUSTICIA PROVIDES LGBT-COMPETENT MEDICAL SERVICES TO MIGRANTS AWAITING ENTRY INTO THE U.S., AND HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THIS WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON TOP OF REGULAR MEDICAL SERVICES. HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE BRINGS ESSENTIAL ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR BLACK LGBT MIGRANTS, WHO ARE LESS LIKELY TO COME OUT BEFORE THEY ARE IN DETENTION AND LESS LIKELY TO USE LGBT-SPECIFIC SHELTERS. TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER AND FAMILIA PLAY OVERARCHING COORDINATION ROLES TO ENSURE THE COLLABORATIVE FUNCTIONS SMOOTHLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND BRIDGING THE LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS OF THE WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, THE PROJECT ESTABLISHED ITS SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDED ACCOMPANIMENT TO MORE THAN 120 MIGRANTS IN SPITE OF THE UNANTICIPATED CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19 AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY.

BLACK LGBTQIA+ MIGRANT PROJECT: BLMP WAS IN THE MIDST OF A SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, WITH ONE CO-LEADER REMAINING AND A NEW CO-LEADER HIRED. WE ADDED A DIGITAL ORGANIZER TO SUPPORT NATIONAL AND LOCAL BASE-BUILDING AS WELL AS RECRUITMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. WE HAVE SUSTAINED AND CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OUR MALAIKA NETWORK, A STIPENDED GROUP OF 10 (40% OF WHOM ARE BASED IN CALIFORNIA) FORMERLY DETAINED AND/OR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT DEPORTATION DEFENSE. THE MALAIKA NETWORK WILL BUILD BLMP?S CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN DEPORTATION DEFENSE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DETENTION, INCLUDING REDUCING THEIR ISOLATION, LAUNCHING ORGANIZING AND FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS TO GET THEM OUT, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT POST-DETENTION. WE HAVE GROWN OUR BAY AREA, HOUSTON, NYC, AND MINNEAPOLIS NETWORK BY ESTABLISHING A LOCAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE, HOSTING REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS, AND ENGAGING MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WE BUILT ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR PILOT FIERCE FREEDOM SCHOOL IN 2020?A TWO-MONTH, WEEKLY VIRTUAL POLITICAL EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 14 U.S.-BORN AND MIGRANT BLACK TRANS WOMEN AND FEMMES, ORGANIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER?S BLACK TRANS CIRCLES?AND HAVE ORGANIZED ANOTHER FREEDOM SCHOOLS IN 2021, BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF DEVELOPING LEADERS IN UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE VIOLENCE THEY FACE AND CREATING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THESE CAUSES. WE ARE ENGAGING 10 PARTICIPANTS NATIONALLY. WE CONTINUED OUR POLITICAL EDUCATION SERIES WHICH OCCUR ON A MONTHLY BASIS REACHING HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES. TO DRAW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CRIMINALIZATION, XENOPHOBIA, HOMO/TRANSPHOBIA AND ANTI-BLACKNESS. WE CO-LED EFFORTS, ALONG WITH THE ANTI POLICE TERROR PROJECT (APTP) TO DEFUND THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT (OPD). THIS YEAR WE MANAGED TO WORK WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO DEFUND OPD BY $10 MILLION. BLMP IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE ABUSE OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS AT THE BORDER. WE PARTNERED WITH OTHER MIGRANT JUSTICE GROUPS ON PRESS STATEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, ALERTED AND MOBILIZED OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND JOINED WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE, UNDOCUBLACK, UNITED WE DREAM, THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS IN CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND POLICY CHANGES. THESE INCLUDE: HALTING DEPORTATIONS AND ENDING THE USE OF TITLE 42 AT THE BORDER AND AT ALL POINTS OF ENTRY; ENACTING WIDE-SCALE HUMANITARIAN PAROLE FOR HAITIANS; DEFUNDING AND DIVESTING FROM DHS, ICE, AND CBP; INVESTING IN HUMANE, HOLISTIC IMMIGRATION. WE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT ABOUT OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) AND THE CONDUCT OF DHS?S OFFICERS AND AGENTS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO, TEXAS, ALONG WITH 45 OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS, REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE DIALOGUE WITH CRCL STAFF ABOUT A VARIETY OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF MIGRANTS? RIGHTS DOCUMENTED BY ADVOCATES AND ATTORNEYS ON THE GROUND IN DEL RIO WITH WHOM OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY IN TOUCH.WE COLLECTIVELY DRAFTED THE DIGNITY NOT DETENTION STATEMENT, DENOUNCING THE INHERENT ANTI-BLACKNESS HAPPENING IN DEL RIO, AND DEMANDED ALL DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TO HAITI AND OTHER BLACK COUNTRIES TO STOP IMMEDIATELY AND DEMANDING THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GRANT HAITIANS SEEKING ASYLUM HUMANITARIAN PAROLE. WE CO-PLANNED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE ?RISE UP FOR BLACK MIGRANTS! NO MORE DEPORTATIONS!? PRESS CONFERENCE, RALLY, MARCH, AND TWITTER STORM IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AT THE BORDER ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2021, TO DEMAND AN END TO PRESIDENT BIDEN?S INHUMANE MASS DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS. WE CONTINUED TO SPEAK OUT, MOBILIZE, AND ADVOCATE BY ENGAGING IN HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE?S NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON OCTOBER 14, 2021 IN SUPPORT OF PEOPLE FROM HAITI, BLACK MIGRANTS, AND ALL IMMIGRANTS FLEEING PERSECUTION AND SEEKING A BETTER LIFE, AND BY ENGAGING BLMP LOCAL ORGANIZING HUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS ORGANIZING TACTICS TO ILLUMINATE THE ISSUE AND FURTHER MOVE DECISION-MAKERS TOWARD LIBERATORY IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION. (CONT'D AT SCHEDULE O)

LEGAL PROGRAM: IN TERMS OF LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, WITH KEY HIGHLIGHTS DETAILED BELOW: OUR INTERSECTIONAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE ROLLBACK OF THE FULL ARRAY OF NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS UNDER SECTION 1557 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED DESPITE GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR IT TO BE DISMISSED, EVEN AS OTHER, MORE NARROW SUITS WERE DISMISSED. IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY BRIEFLY STAYED TO ALLOW THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TIME THIS SPRING TO PROPOSE NEW REGULATIONS TO REPLACE THOSE GUTTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS SUIT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR KEEPING PRESSURE ON TO RESTORE PROTECTIONS. IN OUR ADVOCACY TO ENDTRANSDETENTION, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE FIRM BALLARD SPAHR TO FILE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWSUITS, FOLLOWING UP ON MULTIPLE FOIA REQUESTS TO WHICH WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RESPONSES. (CONT'D AT SCHEDULE O)

BORDER BUTTERFLIES PROJECT: WITH A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE DOING THIS WORK?EVEN UNDER THE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?THE BORDER BUTTERFLIES COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BRINGS A UNIQUE AND UNPARALLELED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES THAT LGBT MIGRANTS ARE FACING AT THE BORDER AND ON ENTRY INTO THE U.S., AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED, BOTH IN TERMS OF PRACTICAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND IN TERMS OF POLICY AND SYSTEMIC REFORMS. LGBT MIGRANTS WERE HIGHLY VULNERABLE EVEN BEFORE THE XENOPHOBIC POLICIES OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SO WE CANNOT SIMPLY PUSH TO REVERSE THE WORST OF TRUMP?S POLICIES. OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK, EXPERIENCE, AND VOICES ARE CRITICAL AT THIS MOMENT AS WE SEEK TO ASSIST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AT THE BORDER AND AS THE U.S. WORKS TO RE-ENVISION ITS IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM POLICIES AND SYSTEMS IN A MORE HUMANE AND INCLUSIVE WAY. THIS PROJECT DRAWS ON THE COMPLEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF AN ARRAY OF COLLABORATING PARTNERS (FUNDED AT VARIOUS LEVELS) TO PROVIDE THE MIX OF LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES THAT LGBT MIGRANTS NEED WHILE IN MEXICO, ON CROSSING THE BORDER INTO THE U.S., AND ONCE IN THE U.S. (WHETHER IN DETENTION OR ON RELEASE). TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER PROVIDES LEGAL COORDINATION VIA A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY AND OTHER LEGAL SUPPORT, A LEGAL OFFICE IN TIJUANA, LIMITED HUMANITARIAN AID IN MEXICO, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, AND GRANT MANAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. FAMILIA: TRANS QUEER LIBERATION MOVEMENT PROVIDES FULL-TIME PROJECT COORDINATION, FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN DETENTION, IMMEDIATELY UPON RELEASE, AND POST-RELEASE, AS WELL AS COORDINATING ORGANIZING EFFORTS WITHIN THE COLLABORATION. NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER PROVIDES IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY SERVICES. CASA ARCOIRIS AND JARDIN DE MARIPOSA PROVIDE HOUSING/SHELTER TO LGBT MIGRANTS. CASA ARCOIRIS IS ALSO PROVIDING SOME WRAPAROUND SERVICES. REFUGEE HEALTH ALLIANCE/CL?NICA DE SALUD Y JUSTICIA PROVIDES LGBT-COMPETENT MEDICAL SERVICES TO MIGRANTS AWAITING ENTRY INTO THE U.S., AND HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THIS WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON TOP OF REGULAR MEDICAL SERVICES. HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE BRINGS ESSENTIAL ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR BLACK LGBT MIGRANTS, WHO ARE LESS LIKELY TO ?COME OUT? BEFORE THEY ARE IN DETENTION AND LESS LIKELY TO USE LGBT-SPECIFIC SHELTERS. TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER AND FAMILIA PLAY OVERARCHING COORDINATION ROLES TO ENSURE THE COLLABORATIVE FUNCTIONS SMOOTHLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND BRIDGING THE LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS OF THE WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, THE PROJECT ESTABLISHED ITS SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDED ACCOMPANIMENT TO MORE THAN 120 MIGRANTS IN SPITE OF THE UNANTICIPATED CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19 AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY.