At Casa Lleca, an LGBTQ+ shelter in Mexico City, a community kitchen has emerged to provide employment opportunities to trans women and serve surrounding residents in the area. Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, Casa Lleca was created for LGBTQ+ folks or sex workers who were unhoused or at risk of losing their homes.
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“She saw the opportunity to employ our friends who arrived unhoused and gave them dignified work,” González said. For González, the kitchen has become a safe space where she can also use all of her culinary knowledge. “Now that I found this kitchen, this project and this rhythm of life, I’ve found a way to fulfill my dreams as a young person,” she said.
Sámano founded Casa Lleca in 2020, right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, in an effort to help LGBTQ+ folks and sex workers who were unhoused or at risk of losing their homes. As hotels remained shut down, many had been left without a home or workplace. She said many of the shelters that were opened by the government at that time didn’t know how to address the needs of the LGBTQ+ community.
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