By Alejandra Pedraza Buenahora, Yes!, February 2, 2021
The first time Ceyenne Doroshow thought about owning a home was when she was forced into homelessness.
Not able to be herself at home or in public, Doroshow ran away from her home in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, as soon as she reached adulthood. She was looking to escape the lack of acceptance she received from all corners of society. With no shelter services offered specifically to trans people in the early ’90s, Doroshow eventually found herself living on the streets of New York City. At the time, trans women who had no place to live had to choose between the streets and men’s shelters, where abuse was rampant and had no legal consequences.
From the ages of 18 to 25, Doroshow experienced what it was like not to have a safe home space—she saw the treatment trans women received and knew that unless she adapted, she too would be attacked.
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