Community Connections Partner: Entre Hermanos

Entre Hermanos is a community-based organization that offers Latine cultural and health services to the LGBTQ+ community in a space that is affirming, safe and supportive. The organization’s founders sought to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis locally with programs deeply connected to Latine language and cultural roots, surrounded by the warmth, love and care of their LGBTQ+ siblings. For over 33 years, Entre Hermanos has promoted the health and well-being of the Latine LGBTQ+ community through disease prevention, HIV awareness and sexual health education, advocacy, community building and cultural celebration. 

Entre Hermanos also serves clients in areas surrounding King County, and in Central and Eastern Washington who need critical health, housing and immigration services — services made available by Entre Hermanos without cost, in Spanish and other languages, to sexually diverse Latines, and without regard for immigration status. The organization reaches more than 7,000 annually, including 1,000 people who receive direct medical and non-medical higher-touch intervention through STD testing, PrEP navigation and HIV medical case management; light-touch outreach and education via radio and social media; and condom distribution to 6,000 individuals annually.  

The organization’s inclusive social media and community education videos are produced in Spanish and five Indigenous languages of Mexico and Central America. Entre Hermanos seeks ways to serve those who are excluded from access to LGBTQ+ health services, knowing what it is like to navigate complicated health systems with barriers such as language, sexuality, race, gender, and socio-economic and educational attainment. Many of its clients are immigrants with dreams of a stable and safe future, and its wrap-around services in housing, immigration law, and outreach and navigation help its clients attain safety during the most critical period in their lives. Today, Entre Hermanos continues to strive for progress and expand upon its support services.  

Entre Hermanos is one of more than 70 partners in the Seattle Symphony’s Community Connections program, which provides complimentary tickets to nonprofit organizations across the Puget Sound region. 

Up Next: The Seattle Symphony returns to Renton to play with students of Key to Change Studio, including graduating violinist Eden Pawlos, who will perform the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto. Also on the program: William Grant Still’s Wood Notes, a 1948 work inspired by the composer’s love of nature, especially the landscapes of the American South. The evening kicks off with a 30-minute pre-concert recital of violin and viola music by Key to Change Studio students (Wednesday, October 23, 6:15pm recital, 7:30pm concert, Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center). For more info or to RSVP, click here.