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How 2 Black transgender women are fighting housing insecurity for the LGBTQ+ community

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Ceyenne Doroshow and Kayla Gore are providing homes for LGBTQ+ youth of color. • 9 min read 20 tiny homes were built for Black transgender women who found themselves houseless My Sistah s House, has raised over a quarter million dollars for their innovative tiny house project, which transitions Black trans women from shelters to home ownership in Tennessee.Courtesy Ceyenne Doroshow As a teenager, Ceyenne Doroshow, the founder and now-executive director of Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (G.L.I.T.S), said she was rejected by her family because she identified as a woman.

This Black trans activist is fighting to shield her community from an epidemic of violence

This Black trans activist is fighting to shield her community from an epidemic of violence CNN 2/20/2021 © Michael Noble Jr./Getty Images As a teenage runaway in the foster care system and forced into homelessness, Vanessa Warri s childhood was marked by trauma but she s overcoming her early circumstances despite the odds. Black transgender women rarely make it past 35, she said. Elders in my community fought and marched and sacrificed and advocated in the hopes that one day, a young trans person could be able to walk in spaces they couldn t.   The 30-year-old is now a social welfare MSW/PhD candidate at UCLA. In many ways, Warri knows she s an exception to an often cruel reality for many Black transgender youth and women.

This Black trans activist is fighting to shield her community from an epidemic of violence

This Black trans activist is fighting to shield her community from an epidemic of violence
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