National Transgender HIV Testing Day

 

The 2134 Barnes Avenue home of Destination Tomorrow was the site for Bronx Borough President Vanesa Gibson proclaiming April 18, 2022 'National Transgender HIV Testing Day'. On hand were representatives from Destination Tomorrow, Amida Care, and Essen Health Care to provide free HIV and COVID testing, and various giveaways including bags of free groceries that were handed out to passersby. 

Destination Tomorrow is a grassroots agency, and the LGBTQ+ center of the Bronx. Destination Tomorrow believes that no individual should have to leave his, her, or their neighborhood to access LGBTQ+ specific services. 

Bronx Borough President Vanesa Gibson presented Mimi Shelton of Destination Tomorrow and Lailani Muniz of Essen Health Care, a Proclamation declaring April 18, 2022 'National Transgender HIV Testing Day'. BP Gibson added that she has reintroduced the LGBTQ+ Task Force. 

Bronx Borough President Vanesa Gibson Talks about working with Amida Care and Essen Health Care for access to  resources to people who need them the most. BP Gibson stressed that testing helps prevent deaths, and she wants to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS in the Bronx. 

Ms. Sandrine Blake of Amida Care talks of the health, advocacy, and care given to LGBTQ+ people by Amida Care. 

Mimi Shelton Director of Trans Initiatives at Destination Tomorrow speaks of what Trans people may encounter in their lives, which she said is wrong.

Lailani Muniz says it is possible to be a Trans Woman HIV Positive, and still gain employment as she has, while getting health care from Amida Care. 

Bronx Borough President Gibson reads from her Proclamation declaring April 18, 2022 'National Transgender HIV Testing Day'.

(L - R) - Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Lailani Muniz of Essen Health Care, Mimi Shelton of Destination Tomorrow, and Sandrine Blake of Amida Care. 

Bronx BP Gibson looks at the various handouts at the Amida Care table at the 'National Transgender HIV Testing Day' proclamation presentation.

Essen Health Care gave bags full of groceries to people walking by outside the Barnes Avenue Destination Tomorrow building.