Trump appears to have given up on anti-trans homeless shelter rule

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson sent mixed signals prior to proposing the anti-trans homeless shelter rule. (Photo: Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)

The Trump administration has appeared to have given up a proposed regulation that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to refuse to place transgender people consistent with their gender identity, although another measure permitting HHS federal grantees to discriminate against…