OLTT is an organization founded and led by trans Latinx immigrants working for the intersectional wellbeing of our community.
With over 300 active members of the trans Latinx community in Houston, Organización Latina Trans in Texas is dedicated to ensuring, protecting, and defending the human rights of all trans, gender-nonconforming, and LGBTQIA+ people in Texas. This means intersectional advocacy, solidarity, and empowerment work; providing direct aid, emergency shelter, access to services, and physical meeting space; answering crises as they come; and celebrating and strengthening our community with joy and pride.
What we do
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OLTT’s Casa Anandrea provides a trans-affirming home with a bed and hot food in an emergency situation. The only LGBTQIATS+ migrant shelter in the Houston area, Casa Anandrea prioritizes serving undocumented people and those living with HIV, with beds for 15 during typical times but supporting up to 50 displaced people in emergencies. To request a bed, call the office at 713-485-4414. Fund a night’s rest.
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OLTT is the home of empowerment groups by and for trans women, trans men, people living with HIV, survivors of sex trafficking and sexual assault, gay and bisexual men, lesbian and bisexual women, people with experience with sex work, and allies of our intersectional work. Groups are conducted primarily in Spanish with some English, and offer leadership scaffolding, pathways to resources, guest talks, political organizing, emotional support, and peer connections. All group meetings provide a meal. We also nurture our community by distributing food aid and direct aid, and assisting each other in times of need. To join or connect with an OLTT empowerment group, please call the office at 713-485-4414 or see our Services page for further details. Buy dinner for a meeting.
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OLTT works to make legal services of all kinds more accessible to our community. We conduct programs to support LGBTQ people in the detention system, connect immigration attorneys with those detained, fight and organize political pressure to advocate for the release of those detained and care for those who are released from the system or ordered deported without support or resources. We protest injustice and demand change from the government and other organizations. We also assist in changing names and gender markers on official documentation. Contact the office at 713-485-4414 to request assistance or get involved. Stand up for what’s right.
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OLTT provides comprehensive gender non-conforming care, including collaborating with local health centers to initiate and continue gender-affirming medical and/or mental health care; assisting with transportation and costs for hormone therapy; and supporting gender expression through practical assistance, from new clothes, binders, and workshops on makeup application, to helping raise funds for gender-affirming surgery. We can also help change names and gender markers on official documentation. Contact the office at 713-485-4414 or see our Services page for more information. Help find what fits.
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OLTT connects members of all gender identities to health services of many kinds, including HIV care, mental health services, hormone therapy, basic healthcare, and LGBTQIA-specific care, partnering with community providers with a track record of allyship and relevant expertise. Contact the office at 713-485-4414 or see our Services page for more information. Donate to help.
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OLTT’s events celebrate the beauty and pride of our members and create the solidarity and closeness that fuel our work. Join us for Pride, Trans and Queer Festival, Dia de los Muertos, Mr. and Mrs. OLTT beauty pageants, Novenas, healing and spiritual cleansing and special events throughout the year. Sponsor a prize or a meetup, or join in with what we’re planning next!