My Sistah’s House, a Tennessee-based organisation which aims to provide permanent accommodation for trans women affected by homelessness, has just seen its first resident move into one of twenty tiny houses, a year after the nonprofit was first set up by trans activist Kayla Gore.
Gore told CBS News that she too experienced homelessness, saying: “Other people who were experiencing homelessness kind of showed me how to stay safe, because I’m a transgender woman, I’m black.”She pointed out that trans people are disproportionately affected by unemployment and discrimination making it difficult to find secure accommodation, saying: “A lot of people will not understand the experiences of trans people…not having access to jobs in the first.