Elia Chinó Oral History

OUTWORDS interview with Elia Chinó conducted by Andrew Lush on September 11, 2020 in Huston, TX. Elia Chinó was born on April 24, 1962 in La Huacana, Michoacan, Mexico. In 1989, when she learned her best friend Gustavo had died in Mexico City of complications from AIDS. Elia began volunteering for the Houston AIDS Foundation. Elia also founded the Latin American Foundation Against AIDS. In 2013, it was renamed the Latin American Foundation for Social Action (Fundación Latino Americana de Accion Social, or FLAS). FLAS expanded to provide HIV and Hepatitis C counseling and testing, mental health treatment, social services support, and more.

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Identifier: 9880vr27z
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: OUTWORDS
Creator(s): Chinó, Elia
Contributor(s): Kalin, Betsy
Lush, Andrew
Publisher: OUTWORDS
Date Created: Sep. 11, 2020
Dates Covered: Apr. 24, 1964 to Sep. 11, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Elia Chinó
Latin American Foundation for Social Action (FLAS)
Places: Texas > Harris County > Houston
Michoacán > La Huacana
Topic(s): AIDS activists
AIDS education
Christianity
Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people
QTPOC
Trans women
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Moving image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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