I think there are other kinds of organizations that provide special services for lgbtq and latina populations in addition to providing services to the general population.  Our local <a href="http://dekalbrapecrisiscenter.org/">rape crisis center</a> comes to mind first.  Perhaps we can get some ideas from those kinds of organizations?<br>
<br>-rachael<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:52 PM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:veganboyjosh@gmail.com">veganboyjosh@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Howdy folks, <br><br>Community Cycles has a team of very motivated people working to get a women and trans bike night started here in Boulder. We&#39;re ironing out the last logistical issues, and have hit upon another potentially major one. <br>

<br>We&#39;ve heard from a volunteer who&#39;s hispanic herself, and deeply
connected with a lot of our lower income hispanic residents that
homosexuality and transgenderedness is pretty taboo in Latino culture/Catholocism. (Of course, this is a broad statement, and not intended by me or by her to implicate every Catholic person, or all those of Hispanic descent in some sort of homophobic conspiracy.) <br>


<br>
I&#39;m wondering how those of you with a night or time set aside for women and/or trans people have overcome the taboo of queer folk and
Latino &quot;conservatism&quot; in this regard? Any resources you can point us
towards?<br><br>Advertising for the night itself will definitely include both &quot;women&quot; and &quot;trans&quot; in the language, so how to provide or present a welcoming environment if someone is uncomfortable or even against something like homosexuality? I&#39;m confident that we can handle the in-shop issues of innapropriate comments, awkwardness, etc. <br>

<br>I&#39;m more interested in hearing about the initial outreach steps. <br>
<br>Any input is highly welcome. <br><br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
josh.<br>
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