Ben Carson Takes Away LGBT Homeless Protection & Lies About It

Whatever kind of doctor this moron Ben Carson is, if he goes back to it after losing his HUD position, I'd rather die than visit him. If he was the last person on the whole fucking PLANET who could keep me alive, I'd rather die. No matter how old I am. He doesn't give a fuck. No one in this administration gives a fuck. They're destroying this country from within.

Transgender and gender non-conforming people could soon be barred from federally funded shelters, after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced plans Wednesday to scrap recently added regulator protections.

HUD’s rulemaking would rescind the Equal Access Rule that currently requires shelters that wish to segregate clients according to their gender to modify their structures accordingly – rather than turn people away.

Homeless shelters serve a particularly crucial role in protecting the lives and safety of gender minorities, who are often put out on the street early in life by intolerant families and are frequent targets for violent bigots once they find themselves in such a vulnerable situation. The Equal Access Rule, enacted in 2012, has been heralded as an essential protection by hundreds of advocacy groups concerned by this cycle of abandonment and violence.

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