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THISTL STL is striving to make emergency housing more inclusive. | Reuben Hemmer

The Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis Is Building an Empowered Trans Future

The Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis Is Building an Empowered Trans Future

Beatriz Gonzalez knows firsthand the difficulty in securing housing as a trans person in Missouri. When he needed to seek emergency shelter with his children, Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments, a.k.a. ALIVE, supported Gonzalez with space in a motel while he made a multitude of calls to 211, the hotline for getting help with

A sign from a protest in Jefferson City for transgender rights. | Reuben Hemmer

Willits: As a Patient at the Transgender Center, I Urge You to Stand Up for Health Care

Willits: As a Patient at the Transgender Center, I Urge You to Stand Up for Health Care

“She did it for the kids.” Taken in any other context, this might have been a good thing. But this was part of a conversation I overheard in a coffee shop in south city, and it was far from good. Two humans, both presenting as women, were discussing Jamie Reed’s essay calling out the Washington

‘We Have to Fight’: Incarcerated Transgender Missourians Are Latest Target of Missouri Lawmakers

‘We Have to Fight’: Incarcerated Transgender Missourians Are Latest Target of Missouri Lawmakers

Jessica Hicklin may be best known as the trans woman who took the state of Missouri to court over access to gender-affirming care while incarcerated, with a successful ruling in 2018. Now five years later, as Missouri state legislators are sponsoring an array of bills targeting transgender health care, she describes this as a dark

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