Jonathan DeJesus, 21, who is transgender, stayed in a residential treatment center for four years.
Jonathan has been in the foster care system for 8 years and currently lives in a group home for LGBTQ+ youth.
Photographed for The New York Times.
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![Jonathan at the backyard of his house in Queens Village, New York, on Friday, November 6, 2020. Jonathan, a trans man, has been in the foster care system for 8 years and currently lives in a group home for LGBTQ+ youth.]()
Jonathan at the backyard of his house in Queens Village, New York, on Friday, November 6, 2020. Jonathan, a trans man, has been in the foster care system for 8 years and currently lives in a group home for LGBTQ+ youth.
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![Jonathan at the backyard of his house in Queens Village, New York, on Friday, November 6, 2020. Jonathan, a trans man, has been in the foster care system for 8 years and currently lives in a group home for LGBTQ+ youth.]()
Jonathan at the backyard of his house in Queens Village, New York, on Friday, November 6, 2020. Jonathan, a trans man, has been in the foster care system for 8 years and currently lives in a group home for LGBTQ+ youth.