For Rent - Just Not to You

[Shana A]

For Rent - Just Not to You

Wednesday 07 April 2010
by: Deb Price, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

http://www.truthout.org/deb-price-for-rent-just-not-you58351

A transgender apartment-hunter thought he'd found a perfect place in Baltimore. But when he showed up, the woman raised the rent by $100 over the advertised price, said she would only take cash and was clearly uncomfortable.

"She asked me if I was a boy or a girl, and after I explained everything, her tone noticeably changed. I then had a female friend of the same age inquire about that very apartment, and she was given the original price and was told that a check would be an acceptable form of payment."

Sadly, the experience of "Owen S.," reported to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is all too common.