This trans activist just secured a vital win for unhoused trans people in New York City

January 7, 2022
Xtra Magazine

...Chinyere Ezie, a senior staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CRR), which signed on to the case in 2019, says that at the core of Lopez’s activism is an ethos of “all of us or none of us. 

“She really brought all of those values to the settlement table,” Ezie, who served as co-counsel in the lawsuit, tells Xtra. “She is an advocate not just for the TGNC community, but for everyone who is experiencing homelessness and forced to sleep on grates and navigate disabilities in New York without proper resources.” ...

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