Modeled after equal parts sorority and society, the first generation, or LOTUS Alpha, consists of fifteen transgender women selected from a larger pool through an application process. . “The pledge commits to doing a year of volunteer work and then to remaining a mentor for life to the next generations of LOTUS,” organizer VickyOrtega says.

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