Over the past several weeks large, chunks of my life have revolved around contract re-negotiations, contract termination, and legal advice. These are the parts of being an author that I’m not particularly fond of; writing for a living isn’t all pink glitter and cupcake breaks (although some days I wish it were). In the past [...]
The shelter opened about fifteen minutes late on Wednesday. Huddled away from the rain, in the doorway of the building the youth smoked cigarettes and stamped their feet to keep warm against the December cold. Sylvia’s place is physically housed as part of an MCC church in mid-Manhattan. At eight o’clock a swarm of folks [...]
Glitter, leftovers, and flying clothes were the first things that met my eyes when I entered Sylvia’s Place, a shelter in Manhattan. Sylvia’s Place, named after the transgender revolutionary Sylvia Rivera,exclusively serves the needs of LGBTQ homeless youth and provides them with a warm place to sleep, food, referrals to other programs, and a thousand [...]
