Confronting Social Services
Women/transwomen at this site discussed how they connected with strangers in similar situations, especially when they saw someone being mistreated by workers at social service agencies. This resonated with a lot of the women/transwomen who spoke about being disrespected, looked “down” upon and not given the services that they deserved. Many felt that workers were not trained to work sensitively with women/transwomen who experience homelessness or are marginally housed and that instead of social services most women/transwomen found support for their day-to-day living from one another.