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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump administration wants homeless shelters to refuse shelter to transgender women
A proposed rule from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tells homeless shelters to use people's physical attributes rather than their self-identified gender to decide whether the homeless should be housed among men or women.
Vox obtained a copy of the rule's text, which is part of HUD's effort to roll back the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that ensures transgender people are served based on their gender identities.
Now, the rule allows workers at federally funded homeless shelters to rely on "factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam's apple, and other physical characteristics which, when considered together, are indicative of a person's biological sex."
Staff members at women's shelters may determine whether to admit someone based on visual appearance, according to Vox. If the woman's gender is unclear based on her appearance, shelter workers are permitted to seek proof of her sex before granting her housing. People who are turned away may be forced to go to a men's shelter, according to Vox.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-wants-homeless-shelters-192524340.html
Zoonart
(11,844 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Disobeys trump.
Fuck Trump's transphobic bullshit.
leftieNanner
(15,074 posts)cough...cough.. Steven Miller... cough... cough
Seriously?? Let's put these trans women in more jeopardy than they already are.
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)And I'd be willing to bet that's the root of this bullshit.
leftieNanner
(15,074 posts)I forgot about her. And they're procreating!
Didn't she test positive for Covid? That's actually scary if she's pregnant. In several states, infants have tested positive too.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Why is this even on their radar? Don't they have more important issues to deal with right now?
It's true, the cruelty is the point and they pick on the most vulnerable members of society just because they can. I hate these motherfuckers with a white hot passion!
Karadeniz
(22,486 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)And tomorrow is Cruelty Tuesday....
Just don't forget, the whole world dreads Cruelty Friday.......
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)He really needs to be gone.
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)Thank goodness she's slunk away and gone into hiding
Behind the Aegis
(53,936 posts)FOR FUCK'S SAKE! EVERYONE....EVERYONE has an "Adam's apple"! While it is usually more pronounced in men, there are women who will show an Adam's apple, and men who will not. HEIGHT?! FACIAL HAIR?!
Science, the victim of bigoted ignorance.