 
September 5, 2008
Housing for Orlando’s HIV-Positive Transgendered Community
Orlando’s first transitional home specifically servicing transgendered people living with the virus opened its doors July 1, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
The home is made possible through the city of Orlando’s Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program and the Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention.
According to the article, many transgender people lose their jobs once they begin living as the opposite sex and many states—including Florida—do not have clear-cut antidiscrimination laws to prevent that from happening.
“Their options are to die in the streets—that is literally what happens,” said Shannon Minter, a transgendered man who is the legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “A significant number of trans-women are forced into sex work in order to survive, and many end up with HIV.”
According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, about 3 million Americans—less than 1 percent of the population—identify themselves as transgender.
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Kim Watson, Bronx, 2008-09-09 10:17:53
Prayers are answered for the trans community throughout the fy08-09.This is so beautiful to have a housing for transgender floks.....Kim
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