Francisco Dueñas
Proyecto Igualdad Outreach Associate
CONTACT: Western Regional Office, 213-382-7600
Francisco Dueñas is the national Proyecto Igualdad Outreach Associate located in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.
Dueñas is responsible for informing the many Latino communities about Lambda Legal's cases and the rights of LGBT people and people living with HIV. In addition to this, he also helps create and implement Lambda Legal's Latino-specific public education campaigns aimed at persuading and challenging the Latino public to be supportive of our cases and the expansion of civil rights for LGBT people and people with HIV. Dueñas also reports back to Lambda Legal on the needs of Latino LGBT and HIV-positive communities across the country.
Prior to joining Lambda Legal, Dueñas worked as a community and political organizer with Los Angeles ACORN (The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), organizing low to moderate-income residents of South Los Angeles. He was also an AmeriCorps VISTA member, working at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's Safe Haven Project, organizing LGBTQ youth against antigay violence in three L.A. Unified School District high schools.
