WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to let shelters and other recipients of federal housing money place transgender people in facilities alongside others of their birth sex — not with people of their gender identity — gutting protections created during the Obama administration.Critics warn the proposal, which would effectively allow shelters to force transgender women to share bathing and sleeping facilities with men, puts transgender people at a higher risk for homelessness and abuse. The rule could also allow single-sex shelters to turn away transgender...…WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to let shelters and other recipients of federal housing money place transgender people in facilities alongside others of their birth sex — not with people of their gender identity — gutting protections created during the Obama administration.Critics warn the proposal, which would effectively allow shelters to force transgender women to share bathing and sleeping facilities with men, puts transgender people at a higher risk for homelessness and abuse. The rule could also allow single-sex shelters to turn away transgender...WW…