Transgender woman claims city forced her into ‘sex work’: suit A transgender Bronx woman with a history of suing the city claims she has been forced to turn tricks to finance the care of her dog, because the city barred the animal from her homeless shelter. Mariah Lopez — a transgender-rights activist whose lengthy record of legal action against the city is rivaled only by her 15-year-long rap sheet — is demanding the city let her bring her boxer mix, Chica, into a homeless shelter in her latest lawsuit. Born Brian Lopez, Mariah Lopez won a landmark 2007 suit that...