Warhol Muse Holly Woodlawn Endows Fund for Trans Youth

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/2/15/warhol-muse-holly-woodlawn-endows-fund-trans-youth 🔗

By Cleis Abeni
February 15 2016 3:35 PM EST

Even after passing away from cancer last December 6, the Puerto Rican transgender actress and singer Holly Woodlawn is solidifying her legacy as a philanthropist. Her estate has established the Holly Woodlawn Memorial Fund for Transgender Youth at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

"Holly Woodlawn's last wish was to establish a legacy in her name for youth at risk," says the Center's Chief Development Officer Bill McDermott in a statement to The Advocate. The fund, a joint project of Woodlawn's estate and the Center, will benefit a number of its programs, including Trans Pride L.A., Trans* Lounge, Transgender Economic Empowerment Project, and its trans health care services.
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One of my favorite songs from my youth, "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed because of the lyrics about Holly.

I'm very happy to hear this. Holly was one of my favorite people. Saw her in the movie 'Trash' in 1971. She was one of a kind.

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