A Transitional Home Helps Homeless LGBT Youth Get Back on Their Feet
By PATRICK MADDEN
Updated 2:23 PM EDT, Mon, Oct 11, 2010
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When Ja Neer Davis was 16 years old, she was kicked out of her foster home.
"My adopted mother did not approve of me being transgender," Davis says.
She bought a one-way ticket to L.A., started modeling, got married and eventually settled in D.C. But last year, her marriage unraveled.
"When I decided to leave, I didn't have nowhere to go," she says.
With no family, no money, "nowhere to go," Davis turned to the streets. She was homeless from November to December. She hid this fact from people. She avoided the shelters.