The first shelter in the United States geared specifically towards housing trans individuals experiencing homelessness has opened in New York City.

The shelter, known as Ace’s Place, is specifically for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals experiencing homelessness, and has opened in New York City

Ace’s Place is located in Long Island City, which is a neighbourhood in Queens, east of Manhattan, and is managed by Destination Tomorrow, a Bronx-based LGBTQ+ nonprofit (as per Gothamist ).

The name comes from the nickname of late mother of Destination Tomorrow ‘s CEO, Sean Ebony Coleman. She went by ‘Ace’.

Coleman, in a press release, said, “This shelter is a hard-fought declaration that our Transgender and gender nonconforming siblings will no longer be pushed to the margins .

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