Drawing on surveys and in-depth interviews with trans Latinxs in Los Angeles, I argue that spirituality is a source of resilience when trans immigrants face marginalization stemming from racism, xenophobia, and transphobia precipitated by factors rooted in cisgendered policy and social norms. Trans Latinxs embrace spirituality by (1) identifying as Christian or Catholic and/or engaging in Latino popular religion; (2) engaging in nontraditionally Latinx spaces such as other community groups, spaces, and religions to embrace their faith and spirituality; and even (3) exploring and creating their own type of spirituality. Taking a grounded theory approach, the author offers the concept of trans*formative spirituality, which is defined as a spirituality that trans Latinxs perform as an embodied knowledge that in living their truth in their bodies, and also in their journey to their own truth, they are able to transform and convert others around them.

借助对洛杉矶跨性别者的调查和深入访谈，我认为，当跨性别移民由于种族歧视，仇外心理和仇外心理（源于过分的政策和社会规范）而被边缘化时，灵性是抵御力的来源。跨拉丁人通过（1）确定为基督教或天主教徒和/或从事拉丁裔通俗宗教来拥抱灵性；（2）参与非传统的拉丁语空间，例如其他社区团体，空间和宗教，以拥抱他们的信仰和灵性；甚至（3）探索和创造自己的灵性类型。作者采用扎根的理论方法，提出了转化性精神性的概念，这被定义为一种灵性，而跨拉丁的拉丁人则表现为一种体现的知识，即在将自己的真实生活在自己的身体中以及在迈向自己的真理的过程中，他们能够改变并转化周围的他人。