Transitioning our shelters: Making homeless shelters safe for transgender people

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-101

  Mottet, Lisa ^a   Ohle, John ^a  

^a National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless; Homeless shelters; Shelter; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746560649     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v10n02_05     Document Type: Article

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