“The new rule allows shelter providers that lawfully operate as single-sex or sex-segregated facilities to voluntarily establish a policy that will govern admissions determinations for situations when an individual’s gender identity does not match their biological sex,” according to Vox, which puts transgender people at risk of being misgendered, penalised and discriminated against when looking for government funded aid and accommodation – or completely turned down by these institutions all together.
The rule was proposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is despite HUD secretary, Ben Carson, declaring that they had no “current anticipation” to change the equal access rule in 2019.