Week
7 Article 1
1.
Christian, C. (2013 October, 8). U.S.
Government sues Texas RV park for alleged discrimination against transgender
woman. The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/U-S-government-sues-Texas-RV-park-for-alleged-4879379.php?cmpid=hpts
2.
Category of Problem: Discrimination
3.
Level of Problem: National
4.
Article Concerns: The owner of an RV park not
allowing somebody to live there because of their gender.
5.
Affects individuals/families: This
specifically affects the individual that this happened to. This person was
forced to move out of her home when the she told the owner that she was a
transgender woman.
6.
My Concerns: I think that it was wrong for
the owner of this RV park to evict Roxanne Joganik after she told him that she
was a transgender woman. When the owner did not know that Roxanne was a
transgender woman he did not have a problem with her living there but as soon
as he found out he kicked her out. I think that it was very courageous of
Roxanne to file a complaint about this with the Department of Urban and Housing
Development and fight for her rights. She took a chance and stood up for
herself. Although the initial eviction hearing awarded the owner the case was
later investigated by Fort Worth’s Regional office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity. Even though Roxanne may not of won her case she still raised
awareness to other people about the discrimination that was going on within
this particular RV park.
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