Homelessness Within The Trans Community


    As a homeless person, you are consistently discriminated against whether you are looking for housing, employment, or even just going about your daily life. These experiences can be even more difficult if you are transgender. Being trans changes how you navigate through life and even do basic things.

An estimated 30% of transgender people will experience homelessness at some point in their lives (James). This is compared to 7.5% of the general population. Transgender people are also more likely to have problems finding and securing housing. One in five transgender people has been discriminated against when seeking housing (James). These could be things such as showing the property differently, having different leasing or loan terms, or even the outright denial of sale.


Trans people also struggle with accessing the same resources that cisgender people do. Most homeless trans people choose not to seek shelter due to fear of discrimination. This, sadly, is a very real fear, for those who do choose to access shelter as 29% are turned away altogether, over half, 55%, are harassed and 22% are sexually assaulted by staff or other residents (James).



A compilation of resources for trans and queer people struggling with housing in PDX - https://www.bravespacellc.com/housing



James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. (2016). The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.



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