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Sean Munro's family believes his death in a downtown Vancouver hotel room is directly related to his experiences at a Vancouver private school full of teachers transferred from Mount Cashel.
Vancouver’s first gender diverse SRO in East Van. (Kristen Frier) Bought by the City of Vancouver, the Aoki-Ross House will soon be accepting housing applications from transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit peoples in the Downtown Eastside. The building will eventually house 26 residents, and the city is hoping to reduce some of the barriers that folks from these communities can face when trying to access safe housing. “We look forward to working with the local community and TGD2S (Trans, Gender Diverse, and Two-Spirit) groups to ensure that this approach to housing allows people to ...
Munro realizes, however, that this isn't a blanket solution to LGBTQ homelessness in the DTES. He said instead it's a place to start learning about how advocates can create more safe and inclusive housing in the neighbourhood. "We do have an opportunity to build a model along with the people who are living in the building and staff who also have shared lived experience," he said. The idea is to create an "intentional" community, where Atira gathers feedback from residents about what they need in terms of resources or security. They also plan to hire someone to complete a development eval...
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The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail A non-profit operator is preparing to open a single-room occupancy hotel bought by the City of Vancouver to provide housing for people who identify as transgender, two-spirit or gender diverse. The city acquired the 24-unit building, known as Ross House, in July, 2019, and issued a request for pr...