CEO of LGBTQ+ Organization Indicted for Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Taxpayer Funds

Jacob Rostovsky, the founder and CEO of Queer Works, has been indicted on 53 felony counts for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million in tax-payer money through the LGBTQ+ non-profit. 

Rostovsky, who has been “openly transgender” since age 13 and is now a self-described “transgender man,” founded Queer Works in 2018 as a non-profit organization in California. On its website, Queer Works claims to focus on mental-health support for the “transgender and gender non-binary” community by providing mental-health services, free therapy, and workshops. Queer Works also claims to provide “gender affirming letters” that were “crafted by licensed therapists” after meeting with a client for just one to two sessions; a patient can present those letters to doctors and insurance companies as evidence that gender-related medical treatments are medically necessary.