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Trans adults seeking shelter in Merced face more barriers. New HUD rule could make it harder

Transgender people experiencing homelessness in multiple San Joaquin Valley cities are traveling to Modesto for emergency housing because, according to one advocate, providers there are better prepared to accommodate them than shelters in places such as Merced.  In the last five years, Katalina Zambrano, the executive director at CalPride Valle Central, an LGBTQ+ resource center in downtown Merced, has referred five unhoused clients to the Berberian Shelter in Stanislaus County. “I hate to say it, but…as soon…