"Jane Doe moved from Florida to New York City in 2020 because of its reputation as a safe city for transgender people. But when she lost her home in the summer of 2022 and entered a homeless shelter, the city repeatedly failed to place her in a shelter that conformed with her gender identity, a lawsuit from the nonprofit Housing Works and Brooklyn Legal Services alleges."
"During a two and a half year stay across three city shelters, Doe says shelter staff ignored her requests to be placed in a room with women or in a bed specifically for transgender people. Shelter staff repeatedly placed Doe in rooms with men, her lawyers say, putting her at risk of violence and predation. Doe was sexually assaulted multiple times by other shelter residents during that period, the lawsuit filed in late October says."
"In the face of a national backlash against trans folks, with the right using transgender folks as a whipping post to whip up a base of prejudice among its base, it was so essential to be in a city that held itself out as a haven, said Doe's lawyer Armen Merjian of Housing Works. It is all the more disappointing and angering to know that in the face of that she has gone through such trans discrimination in our system."
Jane Doe moved from Florida to New York City in 2020 because of its reputation as a safe city for transgender people. After losing her home in summer 2022, she entered city shelters and alleges repeated refusal to place her in spaces matching her gender identity. Over two and a half years across three shelters, staff ignored her requests for a room with women or a bed for transgender people and repeatedly placed her in rooms with men. She says she was sexually assaulted multiple times by other shelter residents. Housing Works and Brooklyn Legal Services filed a lawsuit seeking redress.
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