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SUMMARY: Homelessness is a reality for many young transgender Americans. In Washington [D.C.], a row house has been turned into a safe haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth who have nowhere else to go. Hari Sreenivasan talks to the group home's founder about creating a space that is safe, fun and feels like home for those who may have been kicked out by their families for being different.
JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): Hari Sreenivasan is back with a report on one of a handful of programs in the country that’s helping homeless transgender youth get their footing in society.
It’s another in our Transgender in America series.
HARI SREENIVASAN (NewsHour): It looks like any other row house in Washington, D.C., but Ruby Corado’s house is different. It’s a safe haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth who have nowhere else to go.
Fifteen, 20 years ago, if you were trans, you were living in a house, you walked out on a stoop like this and some kids were walking by, what’s the likely reaction then vs. now?
RUBY CORADO: Fifteen years ago?
HARI SREENIVASAN: Yes.
RUBY CORADO: It was impossible to be me during the day. We were segregated to the underground world. Today, we can be trans in the entire city. It’s still hard, but we can still be ourselves. And we take those risks because, deep inside of us, we are happy.
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