November 18, 2020
G.L.I.T.S. (Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society) unveiled their brand new housing complex — the first housing program run by transgender individuals for transgender individuals in NYC. The building has 11 apartments and is located in the Woodhaven neighborhood of Queens. Ceyenne Doroshow, founder and executive director of G.L.I.T.S., plans to have each apartment lovingly decorated by a designer. The basement will hold an educational and learning center.
“Thirty years of a dream, of doing something like this,” Doroshow said at the opening ceremony. “But not just doing it; putting us in an area, in a location where we don't have to run.”
G.L.I.T.S. addresses the stigmatization and criminalization of trans people due to laws prohibiting sex work. Doroshow is a prominent leader in the Black Trans Lives Matter movement and has been featured in national news outlets such as Vogue, GQ, and The Wall Street Journal.
![Ceyenne Doroshow and DSW’s Melissa Sontag Broudo celebrate the opening of the housing complex. (Photo: Melissa Sontag Broudo)](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/4.1.jpg)
Ceyenne Doroshow and DSW’s Melissa Sontag Broudo celebrate the opening of the housing complex. (Photo: Melissa Sontag Broudo)
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Ceyenne Doroshow’s dream becomes reality. (Photo: CNN)
DSW Newsletter #21 (December 2020)
Hero of the Month: Mataoe Aiden James Nevils
![Hero of the Month: Mataoe Aiden James Nevils](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/1.1x.jpg)
The Palermo Protocol: 20 Years Later
![The Palermo Protocol: 20 Years Later](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/WiE_Sex_work.max-760x504-1.jpg)
Transgender Day of Remembrance Summit
![Transgender Day of Remembrance Summit](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/3.2.jpg)
G.L.I.T.S. Opens First Housing Complex of its Kind
![G.L.I.T.S. Opens First Housing Complex of its Kind](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/4.1.jpg)
NYC Council Repeals ‘Walking While Trans’ Ban
![NYC Council Repeals ‘Walking While Trans’ Ban](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/5.1.jpg)
Mark Your Calendars for December 17
![Mark Your Calendars for December 17](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/6.1.jpg)
![Hero of the Month: Mataoe Aiden James Nevils](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/1.1x-150x150.jpg)
![The Palermo Protocol: 20 Years Later](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/WiE_Sex_work.max-760x504-1-150x150.jpg)
![Transgender Day of Remembrance Summit](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/3.2-150x150.jpg)
![G.L.I.T.S. Opens First Housing Complex of its Kind](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/4.1-150x150.jpg)
![NYC Council Repeals ‘Walking While Trans’ Ban](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/5.1-150x150.jpg)
![Mark Your Calendars for December 17](https://decriminalizesex.work/wp-content/uploads/6.1-150x150.jpg)