I'm on the verge of being homeless...anyone know of a good shelter around their city ? And good jobs? Trans friendly ...
I dont know what city you speak of but there is one small one in West Philly, which was, and might still be, the only one of its kind in the USA. If you pass, or can't not pass as a man and at best look like a pre-T FTM, then I won't sugarcoat it, you will have trouble finding a shelter. I know for me I had (convinced) to go into rehab in May (my BF said go to rehab or we're finished) and I dressed in all men's clothes, did my already short pixie into a very manish style.
When I arrived and check in and my medicaid checked out, they pulled me aside and said "we have a bed, but we need to know something? Do you lead an alternate lifestyle? Like are you really a man? Were you a woman at one point? We can't put you with men and to be honest we think you're a MTF because of you name but we're not sure. But please tell us the truth and we will do everything we can to help you." I told them everything and slept in the lobby and finally a room opened up which was a single and they put me there an just told me it's best to keep this quiet. It's Philly, and for all it's trans positivity, there are a lot of hateful people here and several unsolved murders of trans women.
This was at mercy hopsital and I must say the staff was amazing and the women who did my intake went out of their way. I wasn't even going to ask about my hormones but the nurse told me "No, you're goinna take them. Don't be stupid. You don't wanna lose all this do you [Nurse use hands motions making an hour glass figure and point to my boobs]." well, of course I didn't I just didn't want to inconvenience anyone. I didn't get E though only spiro cause the doctor said it was no big deal and because of that and some other stuff I feel until last week I was really not as pretty as I usually am.