San Francisco grants reprieve to jobs program for transgender people

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San Francisco grants reprieve to jobs program for transgender people
Los Angeles Times
By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times
June 19, 2010


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0619-transgender-20100619,0,7903363.story


Reporting from San Francisco — —
An economic empowerment program for transgender people has been saved from extinction in last-minute budget negotiations.

The Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative has served as a model for a similar program in Los Angeles and inspired cities nationwide to create job fairs targeting the transgender community. More than half its funding was slated to be cut by San Francisco city officials struggling to plug a $483-million budget hole. But an outpouring of community support and impassioned political backing by San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty paid off.