Jobs for Homeless L.G.B.T.Q. Youth [Want to get New York Today by email?
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New York City, home to one of the largest L.G.B.T.Q. populations in the country, is a safe haven. Yet many of the city’s L.G.B.T.Q. youth experience homelessness and struggle to find jobs.
They Came to N.Y.C. for Acceptance. Now They Need Jobs.
A new city program for homeless L.G.B.T.Q. youth will offer job placement, education and mental health support to help them achieve career success.
For decades, young L.G.B.T.Q. people like Mario Smith, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, have flocked to New York in search of acceptance. Now, the city is hoping to help them find success, too. Credit.Elianel Clinton for The New York Times
It was late March, and Mario Smith was staring at an uncertain future.
Mx. Smith, a 20-year-old immigrant from Jamaica who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, was nearing the end of an internship and preparing to plunge into a job market that, even before the pandemic, offered limited opportunities for people like them.