Like the Equality House before it, a transgender house that makes people feel proud and safe and confident and supported is badly needed. Earlier this year, we brought you the news that Planting Peace was attempting to acquire the house next door to The Equality House and paint it the colors of the transgender flag -- like The Equality House was painted on the Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2013. Grace Phelps-Roper/Planting Peace The Planting Peace crew in front of the newest addition to the Equality House compound. The Equality House was created by non-profit Planting Peace when it purchased the home and painted it the colors of the rainbow flag in March 2013. Repeated messages of hate and intolerance are contributing to shockingly high suicide rates within the transgender community.

Source: Huffington Post June 27, 2016 14:39 UTC