Trans woman evicted from Vancouver housing complex
HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT / 'I'm between a rock and nowhere'
Shauna Lewis / Vancouver / Thursday, September 23, 2010
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Trans_woman_evicted_from_Vancouver_housing_complex-9188.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Trans_woman_evicted_from_Vancouver_housing_complex-9188.aspx)
A transsexual woman evicted from her unit in a low-income Vancouver housing complex has filed a complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal against her former landlords, alleging she was discriminated against because she is transgendered.
Pam Burge, 65, named The 127 Society for Housing and the Anglican Church as respondents in her complaint.
She alleges she endured constant harassment from building administrator Joanne Graham before being evicted from the Wellspring building at 415 Nelson St in June. The building, which houses low-income and hard-to-house tenants, is one of three housing complexes managed by the non-profit society and linked to the New Westminster Diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada.