Jennifer Gale Died Homeless; 136th Person Who Died Sleeping On Austin Streets This Year
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8691by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 14:30:00 PM EST
The Texas Civil Rights Review has a piece up entitled Jennifer Gale Death Caused by Lack of Shelter for Transgender Homeless, explaining how the perennial candidate for Dallas and Austin public office died this past Wednesday. From the article:
Equality Texas mourns the death of Jennifer Gale, a 47-year-old transgender homeless woman who died yesterday. Jennifer's body was found Wednesday morning. She was lying in an outdoor walkway at the First English Lutheran Church in Central Austin.
...Jennifer's voice rang through Austin Council Chamber doors every week, often times in support of the homeless population of which she was a part.
"Let's give the homeless a place to exercise that need jobs and need help," said Gale Tuesday night before the city's Health Services Board.
Her death points to critical problems faced by the homeless, and especially by homeless women and the transgender homeless.
"Jennifer most nights slept outdoors," said Austin Mayor Will Wynn. "Jennifer, we believe, is the 136th person who has died sleeping on the streets (of Austin) over the last 12 months."
