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# Tennessee organisation builds tiny homes for homeless trans women
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/tennessee-organisation-builds-tiny-homes-for-homeless-trans-women/
- Published: 2021-04-20T14:30:30.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-20T12:36:43.000Z
- Description: My Sistah’s House has just seen its first resident move into one of twenty tiny houses.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, Black trans lives matter, LGBTQ, Tennessee, Transgender, US

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**[My Sistah’s House](https://mshmemphis.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**, a **Tennessee**\-based organisation which aims to provide permanent accommodation for trans women affected by homelessness, has just seen its first resident move into one of twenty tiny houses, a year after the nonprofit was first set up by trans activist **Kayla Gore**. Gore told *[CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nonprofit-tiny-homes-trans-women/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)* that she too experienced homelessness, saying: *“* *Other people who were experiencing homelessness kind of showed me how to stay safe, because I’m a transgender woman, I’m black.”*

She pointed out that trans people are disproportionately affected by unemployment and discrimination making it difficult to find secure accommodation, saying: *“A lot of people will not understand the experiences of trans people…not having access to jobs in the first place…We have access to menial jobs, like in a warehouse. Tennessee is an at-will state, so you can be fired for any reason or no reason.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trans-flag-pride-1.jpg)

Gore also said: *“A lot of folks don’t have addresses where they can actually put on an application to get a job”,* leading to a cycle of poverty and homelessness, which My Sistah’s House aims to tackle. **Alexis Jackson** is the first owner of a tiny home built by the organisation after experiencing homelessness. Gore hopes she can provide women like Jackson a *“pathway to success and life”.*