Mohagany Foster was released from New Hanover Correctional Center in Wilmington, N.C. on November 8, 2022 after a year-long sentence. As a trans woman, the county housed her in a men’s facility against her wishes. Finally released, Mohagany is now working toward reclaiming her female identity in the real world. She first found housing in northern Durham through the LGBTQ+ Center until they decided they couldn't support her anymore. Without the Center, she now lives in a hotel and has a part-time job with the Orange County Rape Crisis Center as a response caller. However, with an inconsistent paycheck, she works to scrape together her room fee every single day, always unsure if she'll have to resume life on the streets.
Mohagany moves out of her apartment in North Durham since she was no longer in the LGBTQ+ Center’s program. Knowing she didn’t have a new permanent location to go to, she had to leave most of her stuff behind that she had spent the last few months rebuilding her life with. “I’m used to this though. It’s just stuff,” she said.












