Surviving life on the streets

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Surviving life on the streets

By Renee Baker | Contributing Writer
Mar 25, 2010 - 4:14:07 PM

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12667.php

Trans youth Shawn Tripp wants to find a way to help other LGBT youth who are, as he was, homeless

Shawn Tripp is a lucky man. He says so himself. He says he's a survivor and it's a miracle that he's still alive. And you have to believe him.

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Tripp, born on Independence Day in 1988, is now 21. Four years ago, his parents kicked him out of their home in Hurst for being a lesbian. He now identifies as a transgender man.