Ready for wearing
Sattie Nyachwaya, left, and Feliz Ruiz with Prism Health North Texas PHNTX holding clothing swap event for transgender community TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com “Fashion,” fashion photographer Bill Cunningham once said, “is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” And transgender people — especially these days, when they are being targeted from every direction by the forces of hate — need some really strong armor.
Unfortunately, many trans people, especially those who have only recently transitioned, often find themselves forced to go into battle without proper the armor.
But Prism Health North Texas is stepping up to help fill that need. PHNTX is hosting a clothing swap event on Saturday, April 23, from 2-6 p.m.
at the agency’s newest offices, located at 4004 Worth St., next to the Baylor Hospital campus just east of downtown Dallas. The event is being held in conjunction with National Transgender HIV Testing Day, and free HIV testing will be available, according to Policy, Advocacy, & Community Engagement Coordinator Sattie Nyachwaya, PHNTX’s policy, advocacy and community engagement coordinator. “For individuals of trans experience, having nice, gender affirming clothing is a part of you stepping into a new season of you,” Nyachwaya said. “As you are embracing who you are even more, an item of clothing can change everything, it can make you feel better and it can make your life be uplifted.
