DallasTAA.ning.com – Posted by Kelli Busey
Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies (DTAA) and the City of Dallas TX working together to make “The Bridge” homeless shelter transgender accepting.
Dallas Texas. Dallas TX enacted Ordinances in 2002 prohibiting discrimination in housing and the workplace based on gender identity and sexual orientation. It was not until the death of a mayoral candidate and homeless transgender woman Jennifer Gale after spending a night exposed to subfreezing temperatures did it become apparent the cities homeless shelter did not house transgender people shelter according to the transgender person’s self determined gender identity…