Transgendered woman files human rights complaint against Nunavut governmentVanida Plamondon, stranded in Edmonton, now faces homelessnessDAVID MURPHY | Nunavut | May 15, 2012 - 3:09 pm
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Vanida Plamondon, a transgendered woman from Kugluktuk, faces homelessness in Edmonton after being denied medical treatment by the Government of Nunavut. She has filed complaints with the Department of Health and Social Services and the Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal. (PHOTO COURTESY OF VANIDA PLAMONDON)Vanida Plamondon, an in-transition transgendered woman from Nunavut, paces in her emptied Edmonton apartment, retelling the story of how her life led up to her packing her belongings into a storage facility. She'll be officially homeless in a day.
She's frightened she won't have a place to sleep, and hopes a women's shelter will allow her in, but is scared that she might have to settle for a men's shelter — not a homey place for a man in woman's clothing and a soft-spoken voice.
"I haven't found a job. I am moving out of my place... I'll be on the street," Plamondon, a native of Kugluktuk, said May 14
