Off the streets, but with nowhere to go
Posted in: New Zealand Daily News
By
GayNZ.com Daily News staff - 17th June 2010
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_8949.phpThere's frustration at the short timeframe and ultimate cancellation of a scheme which was helping young transgender sex workers in south Auckland find work outside the sex industry and legally change their names.
TheNew Zealand Herald today reported five former sex workers, aged 18 to 24, were employed by the Mangere East Family Service Centre in November under Work and Income's Community Max scheme. The scheme paid non-profit groups to employ young people for 30 hours a week for six months, at the minimum wage.
The group ran a holiday programme and planned education programmes about transgender issues for schools.
