There’s been progress, but discrimination against the LGBTQ community continues in Md., report finds

When Monserrath Aleman left Honduras for a better life in Baltimore, she was leaving behind a country where Human Rights Watch said LGBTQ individuals are “frequently targets of discrimination, extortion, and violence” from gangs, the police and the public.

What she found in Baltimore, where her cousin lives, was a different kind of prejudice.

Aleman, 36, a transgender woman who’s lived in Baltimore for two years, said she’s endured “indirect” racism trying to obtain full-time employment in Maryland cleaning offices and homes.