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Angelica Butler was tired of having to out herself as a transgender
woman every time she applied for a job or tried to rent an apartment. Prospective landlords and employers rejected applications when her identity documents didn t match her gender, ultimately throwing her in-and-out of homelessness for seven years. I was at a place in my life where for me to have a home of my own is a big deal because I didn t want to be out on the streets, Butler said.
Now,
with its own bedroom and kitchen
in Memphis, Tennessee,
as part of a
landmark project started by grassroots organization My Sistah s House to help solve transgender homelessness. The effort broke ground in January and hopes to build 20 tiny homes in total, five of which will be completed this year.
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