Articles

HUD Finalizes Rule to Ensure Shelters Protect Homeless Trans People

This follows similar Department of Justice guidance for domestic violence shelters and other programs funded by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Over 300 national, state, and local organization advocating for victims of sexual and domestic violence have vocally supported ensuring access to facilities such as homeless shelters that are consistent with a person’s gender identity. The new rule clarifies the 2012 HUD rule prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination in all HUD-funded programs. It requires that shelters that segregate housing or programs by gender must respect each person’s self-identified gender, and cannot force a person into a shelter inconsistent with their gender identity. The rule permits any shelter-seeker to request alternative housing on a voluntary basis. Shelters will be required to post notices regarding the new rule. -Harper Jean Tobin / National Center for Transgender Equality

READ MORE

TAGS: #LGBTQ+

Related Articles

Reaffirming My Transgender Child’s Identity is Not Child Abuse

anonymous Emotional abuse is just as real for children as it is for adults. As April is Child Abuse Prevention…

TAGS: #Children and Teens #LGBTQ+

Protecting Physical Safety and Honoring Bisexual Health Month

By Victoria Taylor | March 24th 2022 My bisexuality was to be hidden, a forbidden topic of conversation, unless it…

TAGS: #LGBTQ+ #News

National Baseline Assessment of Shelters on Serving Transgender Survivors

FORGE is seeking responses from a wide range of agencies who provide emergency shelter and temporary or transitional housing to…

TAGS: #LGBTQ+
LET'S STAY IN TOUCH