MEXICO CITY (AP) — Karolina Long Tain González Rodríguez plops another corn cake into the piping hot oil of a large pan. As she grabs a set of tongs to flip them one by one, she yells across the kitchen realizing she's pressed for time.
"We open in 15 minutes!" she shouts over the cumbia music playing in the background.
At Casa Lleca, an LGBTQ+ shelter in Mexico City's Peralvillo neighborhood, a community kitchen was founded two months ago to provide employment opportunities to transgender women — and serve surrounding residents in the area.
As González, 36, reaches over for more of the corn c...
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