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Title: For transgender people, acceptance is hard to find-even in LGBT community
Post by: Julie Marie on November 18, 2009, 12:36:21 PM
Post by: Julie Marie on November 18, 2009, 12:36:21 PM
"When Adrianna King was turned out of her home, she went north in search of acceptance.
A transsexual woman with a shy smile, King, 21, moved to Lakeview earlier this year in hopes that gay-friendly Boystown would offer a haven safe from the harassment and abuse she suffered in her South Side neighborhood."
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"Largely neglected and misunderstood by the general population as well as some in the LGBT community they're supposed to be a part of, transgender people--an umbrella term for anyone who does not conform to his or her born gender role, including but not limited to transsexuals like King who seek to live as the opposite sex--are at high risk of poverty, discrimination, joblessness, suicide, hate violence and estrangement from family and other support networks."
Full Article (http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/2009/11/transgender-acceptance.html)
It's not just here, it's everywhere.
A transsexual woman with a shy smile, King, 21, moved to Lakeview earlier this year in hopes that gay-friendly Boystown would offer a haven safe from the harassment and abuse she suffered in her South Side neighborhood."
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"Largely neglected and misunderstood by the general population as well as some in the LGBT community they're supposed to be a part of, transgender people--an umbrella term for anyone who does not conform to his or her born gender role, including but not limited to transsexuals like King who seek to live as the opposite sex--are at high risk of poverty, discrimination, joblessness, suicide, hate violence and estrangement from family and other support networks."
Full Article (http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/2009/11/transgender-acceptance.html)
It's not just here, it's everywhere.