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"When they find out I'm homeless....they treat me differently" That's heartbreaking to me💔😭💞

“Every homeless women I’ve ever met has been raped” Heartbreaking

When I was out of high school, I started working in a McDonald’s. I met this homeless lady who lived in a literal box with no air conditioning, no nothing besides her belongings. She would always come in. She managed to get a job there with me. We became good friends and boy she’d tell me stories about homelessness long story short she ended up staying there for about 2 years and became a store manager. Now she lives in a home in Texas, has recently married, and is living her best life.

“Every homeless women I’ve met has been raped” That’s crazy. God save them please.

How can anyone hear that women are being raped on the benches of parks and still demand these women are not given proper housing?

I've been homeless twice myself. Now, I am a homeowner. Don't give up!

When I was a kid, my dad became homeless, even though he had a job. He slept in his car and still went to work and took care of himself. He would still come pick me up every other weekend to spend the day together. I know even at a young age how much he needed to spend time with me during those rough times. It broke my heart to see him in this situation but we made the best of those time. He never complain about anything, and always made sure I had a good time. It's been many years now and he has a better job and a home to go back to. Homelessness can happen to anybody, even the most hard working and kindhearted people like my dad.

When she gave him the silk shower cap and she started crying, I held back tears. We can all learn some compassion.

Imagine being against letting someone have a roof over their head while you're over here with a roof over your head...

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I feel it. When I was homeless I always had my makeup, something about it just made me feel a little more human. I was pregnant and too scared to sleep in the streets so I called a little hidden corner in a park my home. It was a struggle but now I'm housed with a beautiful little boy.

My heart goes out to these women. I was homeless for about a year, in Washington state, living in a truck with the man who was sex trafficking me. People want to judge and say "your nails are clean. not homeless". "you have makeup. not homeless" "you have tampons. not homeless" "you have a cell phone. not homeless" but having those resources is not the same as a home. I had a phone and a kindle fire from when I was NOT homeless before I lost my job--I kept them while I was homeless. Had no money for service--I could only connect in a local cafe or fast food place that had public wifi, maybe a grocery store. Used a wifi text messaging service to communicate when I could. My trafficker would steal me makeup so I looked better for dates. Did any of that erase the reality of me going home to a truck every night, with two broken windows, under piles of sleeping bags in the winter, still shivering underneath? No. Furthermore, being homeless is in of itself a shame-bringing situation. I loved to cover my face with makeup too, when my trafficker stole it from the store. I wanted to hide as much of myself from the world as I could, until I could no longer recognize my own face. I didn't want to be me anymore. If you've never been homeless, and you don't feel particularly inclined to care about them, just wait. My mom and dad didn't really think much of homeless people either...until I, their daughter, found myself on the streets. They care now. And so do I.

"When they find out I'm homeless....they treat me differently" “Every homeless women I’ve ever met has been raped” This is not right. It's heartbreaking. No one "deserves" to be treated that way

That lady with the green hair is an incredible and beautiful human being, and what she’s doing is truly heartwarming.

the woman, who ran from her abuser, that was trying to kill her is amazing ... I hope she keeps going and overcomes all struggle

I feel so bad for the mayor. Knowing that he has to face all the rude things that people say to him that he represents just to get "BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!" from trying to help homeless people on the streets. This is absolutely RIDICOULOUS

Erian isn't homeless anymore, god bless her soul.

This is what the "beauty guru's" and "influencers" of LA should be doing in their spare time, not arguing and creating drama in their community, but giving back to it! Power to Shirley ❤️

The sexual assault, abuse, etc women go through on the streets is absolutely sickening. Its proof that men genuinely have it easier.