LGBT+ shelters in Mexico City: how they are facing the pandemic
In Mexico City there are only four shelters for LGBT+ people: Casa Refugio Frida, Casa La Banda, Casa de Día Vida Alegre, and Hogar Casilda Buenrostro.
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In Mexico City there are only four shelters for LGBT+ people: Casa Refugio Frida, Casa La Banda, Casa de Día Vida Alegre, and Hogar Casilda Buenrostro .
In the context of the pandemic, the urgent needs intensify; young people are expelled from their homes because their families do not accept their sexual orientation, many have lost their jobs, and others continue to migrate and suffer different forms of violence upon entering Mexico.
“The reality is that migration doesn’t stop, with or without the virus, migration continues,” says Ernesto, a volunteer at Casa La Banda.
[READ ALSO: She opened the first shelter for trans women in Mexico and changed their lives in the midst of the pandemic ]
We visited Casa Refugio Frida and Casa La Banda, where we spoke with volunteers and residents. Both are projects that survive on in-kind and monetary donations.
TO DONATE
CASA FRIDA: https://www.facebook.com/RefugioCasaFrida/
Directed by: Milena Pafundi.
Collaboration: Silvia Soler and Cristhian Álvarez.
With the support of Antifaz.
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