Gloria Casarez, the city’s director of LGBT affairs (from left), introduced Housing and Urban Development Regional Director Melody Taylor-Blancher, HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing John Trasviña and operations specialist Sheppard Williams during a community discussion Feb. 3 at the William Way LGBT Community Center. Trasviña briefed the crowd of about 50 on the recently adopted HUD regulations that seek to ban LGBT discrimination and discussed other efforts being undertaken to ensure equal housing opportunities for the LGBT community. Photo: Scott Drake
