Claire Valdez/Image: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Claire-Valdez/
Radical New York State Assemblymember Claire Valdez, a longtime leader in NYC-DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) and backed by Marxist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is running in the Democratic primary for New York’s 7th congressional district.
Valdez is making sure that ‘trans rights’ are front and center in her campaign.
In an interview released on Friday, Valdez told podcast host Mike from PA, “When we talk about trans rights and bodily autonomy and we talk about universal programs like social housing, like Medicare for all, like all of these programs, you know, we know that trans people, and trans youth especially, are often the highest at risk for homelessness, retaliation at their jobs.”
“So we have to be focused, really enshrining their rights within universal programs and making sure that Medicare for All includes gender-affirming care and health care for trans folks.”
“We need to make sure that we’re enshrining their rights in a Trans Bill of Rights and in workplaces.”
“And making sure that there’s real housing that is available, you know, for everyone, but especially trans people who are most at risk of being homeless or kicked out of their homes.”
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As a New York State Assemblymember, Valdez is a co-sponsor of A8841, which establishes a “gender-affirming care access program”.
The bill aims to increase access to “gender-affirming care,” including medical and surgical interventions, by providing funding/support for providers and nonprofits by using state resources (tax dollars) to expand access, including for lower-income patients.
Despite Valdez’s claims during the interview, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, Black Americans, Native Americans, and other racial/ethnic groups actually show the highest overall rates and make up the largest shares of the homeless population.
Transgender individuals are a small absolute percentage of the total homeless population.
2024 HUD PIT Data reports that the overall homeless population breakdown of an average of 771,000 people experiencing homelessness on a given night breaks down as follows:
Men/boys: ~60%.
Black: ~32%.
White: Largest raw number but underrepresented relative to population share.
Children/families: Significant portion (~19% under 18, plus families).
Ages 55+: Growing (~20%).
Data reveals that the transgender percentage is often listed as <0.1% to ~1% in broad counts.
Approximately 2,500 to 2,600 transgender people were counted as experiencing homelessness on a single night in the U.S. in 2024, according to HUD’s report.
By contrast, according to the same 2024 HUD Report, 32,882 veterans were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024.
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