This is an exciting time for West End! If you’ve been keeping up with our updates you know that we are well into construction on our newest supportive housing venture, True Colors Bronx (TCB). Modeled after our successful True Colors Residence (TCR) which opened in Central Harlem in 2011, TCB …
Three years ago, on September 9, 2011, we opened the doors of our True Colors Residence in Central Harlem. The first of its kind in New York City, True Colors Residence provides permanent, safe, and supportive housing to 30 formerly homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) young adults. Currently, …
True Colors Residence (TCR), a project of West End and partners Grammy-award winning artist Cyndi Lauper and her manager, longtime WIR volunteer Lisa Barbaris, builds upon West End’s history of pioneering new models to serve the most underserved and vulnerable New Yorkers. TCR is New York’s first and only permanent, supportive …