Transgender folks face discrimination at homeless shelters and encampments nationally and regionally.
Carolina Osoria discusses her work advocating for transgender people confronting housing instability in San Francisco, Calif,, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Even in San Francisco, the “LGBTQ capital of the world,” Carolina Osoria was persistently turned down during her apartment search. Her identity as a transgender woman was nitpicked as a potential issue, she said.
conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality in 2015. Twenty-four percent of those who had experienced homelessness that year said they avoided staying at shelters because they feared mistreatment.Our Trans Home SF“A lot of trans people don’t go to navigation centers because they’re assaulted and raped and there’s no place to hide,” she said. “You’re in such close proximity to others and being visibly trans means you’re hyper-sexualized.
But the problem doesn’t stop at shelters. Jessi Taran, who lives in her converted bus in Richmond, said transgender people are discriminated against within the homeless community. Homeless people are so disempowered that when some get the chance to feel superior to others, they take it, she said. “As trans people, we have known this for a long time. Given that transphobia is still prevalent in society, it is safer to approach providers and programs that reflect and center our experiences,” he said.
And at a time when anti-trans rhetoric and legislation have increased across the nation, California has modeled itself as a sanctuary state — passing a law to protect out-of-state trans youth seeking gender-affirming care in the state and their parents from legal retaliation. Homeless people from other states come to Jazzie’s Place for refuge.“We need more shelters like Jazzie’s, not just in the Bay Area but nationwide,” Lacayo said.
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