'The future of our communities are Black and brown and every color under the rainbow.'
is the chief program officer at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center in New York. He's also a Latinx immigrant, and a"proud gay papá of two amazing twin boys."
Junta was different, and when The Center came calling, he knew he had found the next phase of his work. The demographics of the queer community have changed,"and The Center understands that the future of our communities are Black and brown and every color under the rainbow," Reyes explained."With that comes a plurality of perspectives, a plurality of need and energies, and [The Center] really wanted to lean into that.
and how it translates to health outcomes for individuals," Reyes said."The Center and Mount Sinai have been working on this survey with a bunch of other providers." He describes it as a"genuine collaboration" between the organizations and the community."My time at The Center has really been about bringing in that intersectionality into the LGBTQ+ communities," Reyes told POPSUGAR.
Intersectionality has a large bearing on access to resources — down to the food that we put on our tables — and Reyes has seen this firsthand."When I worked in emergency food, really what we [were] dealing with is the alleviation of poverty," he explained."Food insecurity is built on lack of access and lack of resources."This has been brought to the forefront recently, particularly through his work with Mount Sinai.
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