Baltimore, MD - City's chronically homeless on rise
Baltimore Sun (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.homeless15sep15,0,782202.story)
By Julie Scharper
09/15/2007
" About 7 percent of the homeless youth identified themselves as transgender - having a gender identity that does not match the body they were born with. Pierson said that these young people are often forced to leave their homes after their gender identity becomes known".