Hey, fam, it's me, Amara. Welcome to the TransLive Podcast, a show where we tell trans

stories to save trans lives. In today's episode, we take a deeper look at the challenges

that trans people who are experiencing homelessness face,

particularly at this time during the holidays, which brings all of this front and center once again.

Now, this is an issue that is sadly persistent in our community.

The compounding marginalizations that trans people face with education,

economic access, and transphobia means that one out of four trans people will be without shelter

at some point. But the recent crackdown on homeless people in Washington, D.C., places all of these

facts in stark relief once again.

We know that homeless people who are disproportionately trans were rounded up when the Trump

administration mobilized National Guard troops for the nation's capital and sent those on

the streets to places still unknown.

This disturbing action is but one in a series of moves

throughout the year, targeting unhoused people, like the drastic reduction of funding for

long-term housing by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and an executive order

over the summer that makes it easier for states and cities to round up

unhoused folks and even confine them in mental institutions. So today we're going to be

unpacking this critical issue. First, I talk with Dr. DeLara Yarbrough, Associate Professor of

Criminal Justice Studies, who contextualizes the largest

systems underpending Trump's recent crackdown on homeless encampments in Washington, D.C.

Punishment and care don't go together, right? So policing unhoused people out of public space

is not care.

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