The city of Denver are trying an innovative approach to solving homelessness, with a new program that will pay 140 homeless people up to $12,000 in basic income; to help get them back onto their feet, into accommodation and onto gainful employment. But what isn’t so innovative, is who it helps. Which is women, trans and no binary homeless people only. Men, who remain the group more than *twice* as likely to be homeless, are excluded from the funding altogether. And so it becomes yet another example of how men are not advantaged because of their gender. In fact the opposite, they are left outside to fend for themselves. So what do you think of the sexist and discriminatory program by @denverbasicincomeproject ? And when will we ever just treat the issue, not the gender? ~
Images by Dimi Katsavaris, Jon Tyson and Matt Collamer, from Unsplash. Homelessness Stats #homelessness #homelessnessawareness

2022-09-30