Marjorie Taylor Greene could not have been more wrong.
Conservatives took Twitter/X Recently, he attacked FEMA for what is not happening, falsely claiming that the agency is using funds to “detain immigrants” instead of supporting communities recovering from Hurricane Helen.
As “evidence”, she posted a clip from one of the shows. virtual panel Will be held on March 28, 2023 Supporting LGBTQI+ communities before disasters: Considerations for preparedness and mitigationIn it, Riley Hurst, FEMA’s financial management specialist and director of education and training for FEMA’s Pride Federal Employee Resource Group, discussed the concerns undocumented trans women have when seeking relief.
“As an immigrant trans woman, I have concerns about not being documented, and I also have concerns about whether I can trust places that provide faith-based shelter because of their past responses,” Hurst said. said. In terms of misgendering, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. Furthermore, it is necessary to ensure public safety from those who are actually evacuating together after entering the building. All those concerns are there. ”
Greene’s response to a panel discussion held more than a year and a half before Hurricane Helen was that she bluntly called Hearst an “unqualified idiot” while claiming that “FEMA hates Christians.” It was what I called.
“FEMA Training Director is concerned that faith-based shelters are misgendering ‘immigrant trans women.’” [sic]”These are idiots who don’t deserve to use FEMA’s disaster relief funds to house immigrants and Hurricane Helen victims in Western North Carolina,” she wrote. They hate Christians. ”
The report said FEMA is currently working with more than 7,000 employees to provide food, water, generators and other “critical supplies” to areas affected by Helen, including Asheville, North Carolina. are. Website. At least some donors appear to be directing aid to transgender and undocumented people in these areas rather than just letting them die.
Transgender women face challenges when seeking shelter – 2016 report A Center for American Progress study found that of 100 shelters in four states, only 30 percent were willing to house trans women with cisgender women, while 13 percent kept trans women segregated. 21 percent flatly refused protection.
Related: How to support women, children, and LGBTQ+ people affected by Hurricane Helen
Source: Advocate.com – www.advocate.com
