For Transgender New Yorkers, a Center of Their Own in the Bronx

[traci_k]

For Transgender New Yorkers, a Center of Their Own in the Bronx

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/21/nyregion/for-transgender-new-yorkers-a-center-of-their-own-in-the-bronx.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

New York Times
By WINNIE HU
MARCH 20, 2016

Eli Berry cannot go to stores or restaurants without being asked if he is a man or a woman. A mall security guard once demanded that he show identification to use a public men's room.

But soon Mr. Berry will have a space of his own: a center for transgender people.

The Bronx Trans Collective, the new drop-in center near Yankee Stadium, will aim to bring together people who are often overlooked or disconnected even in New York City, which is considered to be the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement. The center will help transgender people get surgeries, hormone treatments, mental health counseling and assistance with legal name changes and job searches, among other services. It will also host regular support groups, youth counseling, meditation and yoga classes and cookouts on its back terrace.
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[suzifrommd]

I'm jealous. I wish there were such a place in our area.

[jenifer356]

I'm jealous too and I'm only one borough over - They could have picked a better neighborhood though

be well
jenifer