Residents of Jackson Heights in Queens line up to receive groceries from Love Wins Food Pantry a diverse group of volunteersthat rely on the generous support of donors and partners to provide fresh vegetables and non-perishable items in a safe space to LGBTQ and gender non-conforming community and all Queens neighbors in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What initially started as a community-based, collective effort for the LGBTQ community of Queens has organically grown into a larger movement to address food insecurity among all of our neighbors, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status. These NYC neighborhoods are home to a community that is 88% people of color, 2/3 foreign-born, majority low-income, working-class, undocumented essential workers. Every Friday around 400 to 600 people line up.
Lesli Herrera and Joselyn Mendoza (in red), transgender volunteers of the L.G.B.T.Q food pantry Love Wins, prepare to deliver groceries to vulnerable people in Jackson Heights, Queens in response to the Covid pandemic.
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Transgender woman Joselyn Mendoza (in blue) and other volunteers of the L.G.B.T.Q food pantry Love Wins prepare to deliver groceries a vulnerable people in Jackson Heights, Queens in response to the Covid pandemic.
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NEW YORK, USA - July 24: Residents of Jackson Heights in Queens line up to receive groceries from Love Wins Food Pantry. LGBTQ community organization in Queens that support their own community since COVID-19 impact in the neighborhood on July 24, 2020 New York mayor Bill de Blasio shared at a press briefing in late May that food inequality effects 2 million residents, according to a study by Hunger Free America.
(Photo by Joana Toro /VIEWpress)
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Lesli Herrera and Joselyn Mendoza (in red), transgender volunteers of the L.G.B.T.Q food pantry Love Wins, prepare to deliver groceries to vulnerable people in Jackson Heights, Queens in response to the Covid pandemic.
Joana Toro Documentary Photographer
Joana Toro is a Colombian documentary photographer. working on immigration, Identity and social issues.