{{Short description|American HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist}} '''Chandi Moore''' is an American health education specialist, transgender rights activist, HIV/AIDS activist, and reality television personality. Moore was a former cast member of the documentary series ''I Am Cait'' and works as the Health Education Associate at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
== Career == Moore works as the Health Education Associate at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and works within the hospital's Center for Trans Youth and Development.<ref name="hiv">{{Cite web |title=National Transgender HIV Testing Day – Chandi Moore CDC Blog & Twitter Chat Today at 3:00 PM (EST) |url=https://www.hiv.gov/blog/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-chandi-moore-cdc-blog-twitter-chat-today-at-300-pm-est |date=April 18, 2016 |website=HIV Go |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919210932/https://www.hiv.gov/blog/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-chandi-moore-cdc-blog-twitter-chat-today-at-300-pm-est |archive-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name= chipts/> As a health educator, she advocates for transgender and gender-non conforming people to receive proper testing and care for HIV/AIDS.<ref name= hiv/><ref>{{Cite news |title=What does transgender activist Chandi Moore have in common with Elizabeth Taylor? |url=https://people.com/movies/chandi-moore-elizabeth-taylor-aidswatch-2017/ |last=Quinn |first=Dave |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |newspaper=People |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330011516/https://people.com/movies/chandi-moore-elizabeth-taylor-aidswatch-2017/ |archive-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Health Education Specialist Chandi Moore is the Leading Way for Change |url=https://www.advocate.com/hiv-stops-me/2018/5/24/health-education-specialist-chandi-moore-leading-way-change |date=May 24, 2018 |website=Advocate |language=en |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524232143/https://www.advocate.com/hiv-stops-me/2018/5/24/health-education-specialist-chandi-moore-leading-way-change |archive-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> Moore leads a trans youth-specific program called Brave Leaders Unified to Strengthen Our Health.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2017 |title=GO Spotlight - Chandi Moore |url=https://genderodyssey.org/blog/go-spotlight-chandi-moore/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=Gender Odyssey |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927134558/https://genderodyssey.org/blog/go-spotlight-chandi-moore/ |archive-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=YOUTH SERVICES |url=https://mytranswellness.org/youth-services/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Trans Wellness Center |language=en}}</ref>
Moore previously served as co-chair for the Transgender Service Providers Network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Chandi Moore |url=https://elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org/team/team-ambassadors/chandi-moore/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, she was named one of Top 25 Trans Pioneers by ''The Advocate''.<ref name= chipts/> In 2015, Moore also worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their Act against AIDS initiative campaign ''Doing It'', encouraging community members to get tested for HIV.<ref name= chipts/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/stophivtogether/library/doing-it/posters/cdc-lsht-doingit-poster-chandi-moore.pdf|title=Testing for HIV|website=cdc.gov|access-date=30 March 2023|date=9 August 2016}}</ref>
Moore is a recipient of the 2015 Positive Images Statement of Courage Award and the 2018 Better Brothers Los Angeles Advocate Award.<ref name= chipts/>
In 2016, Moore was a regular Cast member of the American documentary television series ''I Am Cait'', which followed the life of former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner after she came out as a transgender woman.<ref name="eonline">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Move Over, Caitlyn Jenner! 19 Times Chandi Moore Was the Real Star of I Am Cait |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/742324/move-over-caitlyn-jenner-19-times-chandi-moore-was-the-real-star-of-i-am-cait |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Candis Cayne and Chandi Moore Play "Most Likely" |website=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/videos/246790/candis-cayne-and-chandi-moore-play-most-likely |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130165902/https://www.eonline.com/videos/246790/candis-cayne-and-chandi-moore-play-most-likely |archive-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Is Chandi Moore? 'I Am Cait' Season 2 Brings This Outspoken Advocate Back To E! |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/145168-who-is-chandi-moore-i-am-cait-season-2-brings-this-outspoken-advocate-back-to-e |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Bustle |date=6 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref> She partnered with Jenner to make a video about Transgender Day of Remembrance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Jessica |title=Caitlyn Jenner Has a Message on Transgender Remembrance Day |url=https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/caitlyn-jenner-listen-to-trans-peoples-stories.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Cut |date=20 November 2015 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chandi Moore |url=https://www.glaad.org/tags/chandi-moore |last=Adams |first=Nick |date=November 19, 2015 |website=GLAAD |language=en |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311160106/https://www.glaad.org/tags/chandi-moore |archive-date=March 11, 2016}}</ref>
In 2022, Moore was one of the transgender activists who took the stage with Lizzo at the 48th People's Choice Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Lizzo Proves She's Truly the People's Champ at the 2022 People's Choice Awards |url=https://www.theroot.com/lizzo-proves-shes-truly-the-peoples-champ-at-the-2022-p-1849863429 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Root |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Moore is from Los Angeles, California.<ref name="chipts">{{Cite web |title=Chandi Moore |website=Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services |date=29 June 2018 |url=https://chipts.ucla.edu/people/chandi-moore/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130175955/https://chipts.ucla.edu/people/chandi-moore/ |archive-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> She is a transgender woman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2016/8/05/i-am-cait-star-chandi-moore-7-our-75-most-amazing-hiv-positive-people-2016 |title='I Am Cait' Star Chandi Moore is #7 of Our 75 Most Amazing HIV-Positive People of 2016 |last=Anderson-Minshall |first=Diane |date=August 5, 2016 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=HIV Plus |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807215035/http://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2016/8/05/i-am-cait-star-chandi-moore-7-our-75-most-amazing-hiv-positive-people-2016 |archive-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref>
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