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Our binational community-based participatory research partnership sought to identify priorities for advancing HIV health equity and curtailing the epidemic within Guatemalan transgender communities. In June 2024, we held five stratified, in-person Spanish-language listening sessions in Guatemala City with community leaders (N = 18) representing grassroots trans advocacy groups, frontline mental health providers, and community-based and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) organizations. Constant comparison was used to analyze listening session data. Nine macrolevel themes were identified including the context in which Guatemalan trans communities live\u2014a context characterized by profound stigmatization and discrimination, the pathologization of sexual and gender minorities, and violence. Twenty-four actionable community priorities were also identified, including improving HIV surveillance, addressing social and structural stigma and discrimination, ensuring comprehensive provider training, conducting community-centered research, enhancing mental health services, and addressing upstream social determinants of health (e.g. economic opportunities). 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