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Lorena Borjas

Age 59

30 Mar 2020
Queens, New York (USA)
COVID-19

Lorena Borjas
Lorena Borjas [photo: twitter.com]

Lorena died from the COVID-19 coronavirus. She was the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens, and advocated for trans victims of trafficking, slavery and violence.

Heartbroken to share that #LorenaBorjas, a prolific trans organizer & Queens activist, passed away from COVID-19.

Lorena championed mutual aid in the LGBT+ community, and her Community Fund was saving lives of queer people & immigrants impacted by COVID:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/transgender-people-emergency-fund-101

Lorena had a long history of activism trying to protect trans people - and in particular those who were victims of trafficking, slavery and violence - in New York.

Borjas, 60, was known as the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens. As a survivor of human trafficking, she dedicated the past 30 years of her life to protecting other transgender victims of trafficking, slavery and violence.

A large number women she helped were immigrants who were excluded and stigmatised by their families. Borjas was known for hosting them in her own apartment until they were able to support themselves.

She spent years walking the streets and supporting others to escape abusive situations, providing condoms and food, connecting trans women to services and support, and even set up a weekly HIV testing clinic in her own home.

In 2019 the short documentary Queens Stories: The Story of Lorena Borjas: The Transgender Latina Activist told her story.

https://conexionmigrante.com/2020-/07-/17/comunidad-migrante-forma-un-altar-para-las-victimas-del-covid-19/

https://vimeo.com/293602593

https://plumasatomicas.com/lgbt/lorena-borjas-activista-lgbt-murio-coronavirus/

https://acapa.disponivel.uol.com.br/morre-lorena-borjas-pioneira-ativista-trans-e-latina-de-ny-apos-contrair-coronavirus/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/obituaries/lorena-borjas-dead-coronavirus.html

https://planettransgender.com/covid-19-mato-a-lorena-borjas-activista-trans-latina-de-nueva-york/

https://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/internacional/fallece-por-coronavirus-activista-mexicana-transgenero-en-ny/2053323

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/30/lorena-borjas-transgender-latina-activist-coronavirus-death-new-york-tributes/

https://qns.com/story/2020/03/30/beloved-queens-based-trans-advocate-lorena-borjas-dies-of-coronavirus/

https://twitter.com/hashtag/LorenaBorjas

https://twitter.com/TransLatinxDMV/status/1244634653031571456

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1244659692397301761

https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/1244605398730096643

https://twitter.com/TransGriot/status/1244643200016490497

https://twitter.com/BianeyDlaO/status/1244610606294073345

https://twitter.com/Samynemir/status/1244618222969683970

https://twitter.com/ItsCarlosSoto/status/1244651219274084352

https://twitter.com/NYTObits/status/1246868983430684674

https://qptv.org/content/queens-stories-story-lorena-borjas-transgender-latina-activist

https://www.gofundme.com/f/transgender-people-emergency-fund-101

Report added: 31 Mar 2020. Last updated: 20 Jul 2020

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