A new release from the Department of Housing and Urban Planning (HUD) shows that the Tr*mp administration is launching yet another attack on the trans community.
This time it’s changing the Obama-era Equal Access Rule, which prevented homeless shelters from turning away trans people looking for shelters that matched their gender identity.
The administration isn’t completely removing the rule, just changing it so it’s only voluntary, which will therefore allow homeless shelters to turn away trans people.
Although the release says that shelters “must not discriminate based on sexual orientation or transgender status” and should refer trans people who they reject to shelters that will accept them, advocates still fear the worst, especially as