Thanks; but I’ve already seen this movie. And It’s a horror flick.
“ Shelters bar trans homeless
Upcoming report from mayor’s commission may include little on trans
population, member says
By JENNIFER J. SMITH
"As of 14 Dec. I’m one of the homeless. Shelters don’t take transsexuals
and I’m not changing back. Looks like I’m a goner. Thanks for the support
over the past few years. Hugs, Alice."
The outgoing, automatic reply on Alice Johnston’s e-mail account proved
true a day later.
Johnston, 52 - an Army veteran of three wars, a librarian, a computer
engineer and a male-to-female transsexual - died from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound Dec. 15 along the banks of the Chattahoochee River in
Fulton County, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office.
But if Atlanta homeless shelters, most of which receive federal money,
did not discriminate against transgendered people, Johnston would
“probably still be alive,” Monica Helms, executive director of
Trans=Action, a transgender advocacy group, told the city’s Commission on
Homelessness last month.
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