Wrappin' It Up

Transgender Health Empowerment's Annual Summer Cookout will take place this Saturday September 16th at Langdon Park from 12:00 PM to 6 PM. Langdon Park is at 2901 20th Street NE.

Transgender Health Empowerment (T.H.E.) is a great organization in DC focused on the health and well being of the Transgender (and bisexual, lesbian, and gay) community in DC. Transgender Health Empowerment provides HIV prevention services as well as support services for those living with HIV/AIDS in DC.

These services are crucial. In a Washington DC Survey of the transgender community, 25% of all participants self-reported as HIV positive, while 22% said they did not know their HIV status. (The Washington Transgender Needs Assessment Survey. Jessica M. Xavier, Principal Investigator, Gender Education and Advocacy, Inc., Implemented by Us Helping Us-People into Living, Inc., Ron Simmons, PhD., Executive Director, Funded by the Administration for HIV and AIDS of the District of Columbia Government).

To find out more, come to the picnic this Saturday. 20 minute HIV testing and other health information will be available.