“Cool” Beans: New cafe Tuff Luck brews java, visibility for transgender communi

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"Cool" Beans:
New cafe Tuff Luck brews java, visibility for transgender community

By Erin Rook

http://www.justout.com/news.aspx?id=208

What began as the coffee cart pipe dream of two friends struggling to make ends meet has transformed into a very real cafe and community hub, aptly named Tuff Luck, which celebrated its grand opening last month.

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For such a small cafe, Tuff Luck has big goals. Bogues and Richardson started the venture as a way to help members of the transgender community raise money for gender-related healthcare by providing them with a side job and a venue for selling their art. The featured artist for April is Aubin Carlson.