jtguy ([info]jtguy) wrote in [info]mass_gay_boys,
@ 2008-12-15 09:52:00 (http://community.livejournal.com/mass_gay_boys/84825.html)
QuoteAbout the Transgender Emergency Fund: As a result of discrimination and abuse, transgender and transsexual people are more likely to be homeless, to be unemployed or underemployed, and to be the victims of abuse. The Transgender Emergency Fund responds to the needs of transgender people living in Massachusetts by providing short-term financial assistance to help low-income transgender people with basic human needs.The Transgender Emergency Fund operates with virtually no overhead costs in raising and distributing funds to transgender people who are most in need. Through the fund's intervention, transgender people can maintain access to medical care and hormone therapy, avoid homelessness, and live with greater dignity and stability that discrimination too often denies them