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Title: For Rent - Just Not to You
Post by: Shana A on April 08, 2010, 08:39:41 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 08, 2010, 08:39:41 AM
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 (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.
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 (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.