Ruby Corado (top, sitting) holds court on the front porch of Casa Ruby in Washington, D.C., where greets the trans men and women who come looking for help with housing, health care, legal services and jobs. "Most of the people who come to Casa Ruby don't have a family that accepts them, or that loves them for the most part. So we have a family here, and it is the concept of a chosen family," she says. (photo by Lexey Swall)