What Trans Equity Consulting does

Trans Equity Consulting is a privately-held boutique consulting firm founded in 2019 by Cecilia Gentili and headquartered in New City, United States. The firm delivers customized professional services — including workshops and training, organizational development and campaign strategy, and conflict mediation — to governmental, non-profit, and academic clients on subjects including Anti-Racism, LGBTQ competency, policy, transgender care, and sex worker issues. The firm reports having trained over 5,000 participants cumulatively since founding and positions itself as centering trans women of color, sex workers, immigrants, and incarcerated peoples as experts in creating change.

The firm's underlying offering is people-based rather than technology-based: there are no disclosed software products, platforms, APIs, or AI systems. Its service portfolio comprises three core consulting lines plus two adjacent offerings — Language Justice & Spanish Interpretation (delivered through partnership with Babilla Collective, a Queer transfeminist anti-racist language workers collective) and the Let's Stop HIV Together public health campaign (delivered through the CDC's PACT initiative). The team consists of approximately six core members including consultants Mateo Belen, Victoria Von Blaque, LaLa Zannell, and Gia Love, plus collaborative partners.

Trans Equity Consulting generates revenue through professional service fees on a custom, quote-based engagement model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Its go-to-market is hybrid: a community-led motion leveraging deep LGBTQ and public-health ecosystem relationships and event participation (Trans Day of Remembrance, Let's Talk About Sex, Kiss Me More beach parties), paired with a consultative sales-led motion via a 'Book Us' contact form and direct email outreach. Named customers include Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, Ackerman Institute's Gender & Family Project, and Destination Tomorrow.

Name

Trans Equity Consulting

Legal name

Trans Equity Consulting

Website

https://transequityconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Trans Equity Consulting is a private LGBTQ-focused boutique consultancy that delivers training, organizational development, conflict mediation, and public health programming to governmental, non-profit, and academic clients, centering trans women of color and sex workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) & Belonging Consulting (BPAHAGAJ)

Keywords

• LGBTQ consulting services
• Organizational development
• Equity training workshops
• Conflict mediation services
• HIV prevention campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

New City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Training and Workshops: The company delivers customized training programs on Anti-Racism, LGBTQ competency, policy, transgender care, and sex worker issues to governmental, non-profit, and academic clients. Revenue generated through professional service fees for training engagements.
2. Organizational Development Consulting: Facilitation services to help organizations deepen their internal commitment to equity and lobby for supportive laws. Custom consulting engagements billed on a project or retainer basis.
3. Conflict Mediation Services: Third-party mediation services for organizations to support open communication, facilitate growth, and provide recommendations. Billed as professional consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Trans Equity Consulting is a boutique professional services firm that designs and delivers customized workshops and trainings on LGBTQ competency, Anti-Racism, policy, transgender care, and sex worker issues to governmental, non-profit, and academic clients. The firm also provides organizational development and campaign strategy facilitation, third-party conflict mediation, the CDC-partnered Let's Stop HIV Together campaign, and Language Justice and Spanish interpretation services through the Babilla Collective.

Product overview

Trans Equity Consulting is a consulting firm that provides professional services focused on LGBTQ equity, organizational development, and social justice advocacy. The core offerings include Workshops & Trainings on LGBTQ competency, Anti-Racism, policy, transgender care, and sex worker issues; Organizational Development & Campaign Strategy services that support equity commitments and policy advocacy; and Conflict Mediation for organizational communication and movement building. Additionally, the firm operates the Let's Stop HIV Together public health awareness campaign in partnership with CDC, and provides Language Justice & Spanish Interpretation services through the Babilla Collective. These services work together to support organizations in building inclusive, equitable environments while advancing broader social justice goals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained over 5000 participants in governmental, non-profit, and academic settings

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PACT (Partnering And Communicating Together)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 December 2021Trans Equity Consulting has joined PACT for the CDC's Let's Stop HIV Together campaign. This partnership supports the goal to promote HIV testing & prevention, help people with HIV stay healthy, and reduce stigma. The campaign includes resources in English and Spanish.
• TransLatinx NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated for NYC's Trans Day of Remembrance at St. Bart's Church for an emotional celebration to honor the memories and lives of loved ones lost.
• Trans Latina CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for the Hablemos de Sexo (Let's Talk About Sex) program featuring Bamby Salcedo, Arianna Lint, Liaam Winslet, and Cristina Herrera.
• Arianna's CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Hablemos de Sexo educational program for the trans Latinx community.
• Transinclusive GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for Kiss Me More beach party event in Miami.
• CAN Community HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Kiss Me More beach party event focused on HIV awareness and community building.
• Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective (BTFA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGia Love, a Trans Equity consultant, currently serves as Director of Community Engagement for BTFA.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• GLSEN: Education-focused LGBTQ+ organization providing training, curriculum, and policy support to K–12 and academic institutions; directly comparable to Trans Equity's academic-institution training and LGBTQ competency work.
• National Center for Transgender Equality: U.S. trans-focused advocacy organization doing policy, public education, and organizational capacity building — overlapping with Trans Equity's policy translation and trans-affirming practice work, though operating as a 501(c)(3) rather than for-profit.
• Movement Advancement Project (MAP): LGBTQ think tank providing research, policy analysis, and capacity-building resources to nonprofits and funders; comparable to Trans Equity's organizational development and policy advisory offerings for the LGBTQ nonprofit ecosystem.
• PFLAG National: Family and community-based LGBTQ+ advocacy organization providing training, education, and organizational support; overlaps with Trans Equity's community training and educational programming.

Broad incumbents

• HRC Foundation: Large LGBTQ civil rights organization providing workplace equity training, consulting, and public education programs to corporations and institutions; broader portfolio but directly competes in the LGBTQ workplace training category.

Others

• Fenway Institute / The Fenway Center: LGBTQ healthcare research, education, and training center providing organizational capacity building for community health centers — closely comparable to Trans Equity's work with Callen-Lorde and similar client profiles.
• Lambda Legal: LGBTQ legal organization providing impact litigation, policy work, and educational resources; adjacent to Trans Equity's policy translation and lobbying practice, though operating in legal rather than consulting capacity.

Regional players

• The Trevor Project: U.S.-based LGBTQ youth crisis and education organization providing training and capacity building for schools and youth-serving organizations; comparable mission-adjacent training/education practice serving overlapping academic and nonprofit clients.

Direct peers

• Workplace Pride: International LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion organization providing training, benchmarking, and advisory to multinational employers; comparable in service mix (training, advisory, organizational development) but operates primarily in Europe.
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates: Workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion nonprofit offering training, consulting, and convenings to employers — the most direct functional peer to Trans Equity's corporate and institutional LGBTQ competency training practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/transequity_
• Facebookfacebook.com/transequity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trans-equity-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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