The Hateful Effort To Force Transgender People To Sleep On The Street

In September, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will finalize regulations that protect transgender individuals from discrimination by homeless shelters. The thought of ensuring that transgender people can find shelter if they need it has enraged many conservatives.

In an article announcing the impending change, The Hill spoke to Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association — notably not identifying that organization as an anti-LGBT hate group. Wildmon complained that everyone else will be made uncomfortable and unsafe if room is made at shelters for the “sexually confused.” Imagining a kind of person who doesn’t exist, he pondered, “What if I self-identify as a woman today, and tomorrow I want to self-identify as a man? Why not self identify as a minority? Today, I’m white. Tomorrow, I’m black.” Shelters are already prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race.

Wildmon says that it “makes no sense at all.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/transgender-homeless-shelter-protections-conservatives-8a6d9e4c1e90#.3lurhz760