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D.C. study documents ‘Life and Death’ of trans woman Alice Carter
A case study commissioned by the Office of the D.C. Auditor released on Aug. 25 takes what observers consider an unprecedented in-depth look at a transgender woman’s struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, and homelessness and the valiant but unsuccessful attempt by dozens of social services experts from city agencies and community-based groups to help her over a period of at least a dozen years.