that protects gays and lesbia in. s but not transgender rights. >> araya lester was born a male but she said she beats the hear a woman. after years of struggling with depression and repeat suicide attempts. >> i thought was a an abomnation. i felt alienated from society and my family. >> lester has been unemployed since 2010 and she has been sleeping on a friend's couch for the last year. they says her transgender identity cost her countless jobs. she opened a drop-in center but she doesn't draw a salary. lester says transgender people are regarded as second-class citizens and they need protection against discrimination. >> so many obstacles, so many things that come up against us in life that prevent did us from having the good quality of life that everyone, you know, should be offered. >> lester and members of the lesbian, gay, by sexual and transgender community are fighting to ensure that the miami dade passes an amendment to include transgender people. >> the absence of that makes it permissible to discriminate