Cecilia Gentili

Principal at Transgender Equity Consulting

Cecilia Gentili is the founder, principal and owner of Transgender Equity Consulting.

Originally from Argentina, Cecilia found her passion for advocacy and community service when she started working as an intern at the LGBT Community Center in New York City. She served on the staff of Apicha Community Health Center between 2012 to 2016, where she managed the Transgender Health Program. She then served as the Director of Policy at GMHC, the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.

Cecilia is also contributor to Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, and a board member for Stonewall Community fund and The New Pride Agenda. Throughout her career, Cecilia has trained more than 5,000 individuals on a range of issues that include LGBTQ inclusion, immigration, drug use, sexual health, trans sensitivity, and intersectionality. She has worked with city, state and federal governments, non and for-profit organizations, helping organizations bring about lasting and meaningful change.

For fun, she loves performing at storytelling and stand-up comedy events where she talks about her life experiences as a Latina transgender woman. She played the role of Ms. Orlando on the acclaimed television series POSE, a drama on FX that follows the live of TGNCIQ New Yorkers in the ball room scene of the 1980s. Cecilia has been a tremendous inspiration to our translatinx members and our TGNCIQ Justice organizing committees. She has helped us elevate the fight to decriminalize the sex trades in New York, to fight for undocu-trans communities; access to legal representation that is culturally competent, and to push for essential services in NYC that center Trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming and queer communities.