Bio
Spencer Garcia is a Paralegal with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. They graduated from Vassar College in 2018 where they received a Bachelor’s degree in Women, Feminist, & Queer Studies and Sociology. In their senior year, they founded Lacunae: An Undergraduate Journal for Queer of Color Critique, the first undergraduate journal exclusively by and about LGBTQ people of color. Prior to the ACLU, Spencer interned at FIERCE and the NYC Anti-Violence Project, where their work focused on community organizing in LGBTQ communities of color. Spencer also facilitates workshops about race, gender, and sexuality at conferences, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, and with community members of all ages.
Featured work
![Candle laid at an altar in memory of trans lives lost.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/11/WEB20-TDOR-WordPress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Nov 19, 2020
Remembrance, Resilience, and Response: Addressing An Epidemic of Violence Against Trans and Non-Binary People