Board of Directors

Elton Naswood (Navajo)

Elton Naswood is the inaugural Executive Director of the Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ+ (2SLGBTQ+)

Center for Equity, a national non-profit to address the needs for advocacy, resources, violence prevention, and healing in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities. He is originally from Whitehorse Lake, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation and resides in Denver, Colorado.

Elton was formally a Senior Program Analyst in the Capacity Building Division at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center and was a Capacity Building Assistance Specialist at the  National Native American AIDS Prevention Center and the Founder and Program Coordinator for the Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles.

He received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Sociology and American Indian Justice Studies from Arizona State University and attended the graduate degree program in American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Along with the restoration of self-determination, the 2S Center’s vision is to restore balance and healing among Two-Spirit relatives and build a movement for equity and justice by leading with compassion, honoring resiliency, advancing equity, and preventing violence through advocacy, technical assistance, and resource building for current and future generations.