An Arkansas LGBTQ shelter for young adults abruptly closes, leaving its former residents in the lurch during the coronavirus pandemic. - NBCOUT
Lee, 20, said he and other residents felt"unsafe" at the shelter and were given little notice before it shut down. Lee, who is trans, said that leading up to the shelter's closure, he was"constantly misgendered" by some staff members. One staffer, who no longer works at Lucie's Place,"forcibly came into the house" on April 29 and tried to attack him and other shelter residents, he said, adding that Fitzjohn would not let him call the police.
He said that they had intended to leave temporarily, as the shelter contract allows residents to leave their beds for 72 hours, but that they were notified instead that the residence would shut permanently. Mac Bolt, a Lucie's Place employee, corroborated Lee's assessment of the announcement, saying the residents"weren't abandoning their beds but were trying to protect themselves."
"Lucie's Place has a lot of amazing resources, but we've routinely had issues with leadership not reflecting the communities they're supposed to be supporting, including Johnette, who is a cisgender, straight woman," Bolt, who is gender nonbinary, said."There were no trans people on the board, which caused issues in the workplace and in the shelter."
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