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San Francisco may cut funding to transgender job center

Started by Shana A, May 03, 2010, 06:00:09 PM

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San Francisco may cut funding to transgender job center
The program, about half funded by the city, helps transgender people with the job-hunting process and helps companies ensure welcoming work environments.

By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times

May 3, 2010

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-transgender-sf-20100503,0,5831685.story

Michelle WallowingBull was born a boy. But growing up on Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation, she knew from age 5 that she was a girl inside.

As a teen she bounced from the reservation to a South Dakota town to foster homes and back. In these remote communities, with a family steeped in addiction, she said, it was difficult to openly express the gender she deeply felt. Substance abuse and economic uncertainty followed — travails all too common for transgender people.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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RAY

These type of budget cuts go beyond money. This will hurt those it is meant to help. What are the local transgender/transsexual community doing to stop these cuts from coming?
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tekla

The local community stands in awe of the debt load that both the city and state currently have.
FIGHT APATHY!, or don't...
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