fuck yeah, hard femme!

Be mindful of the content you’re putting on your social media accounts. Stop retweeting/reposting violent images and videos of black people dying. Know that content like this, even with trigger warnings included, can be very emotionally disturbing/distressing and yes, even traumatic, for black people navigating the internet right now.

Report any images and videos you see where protestors’ faces are visible/unblurred, particularly in content surrounding the lootings. Don’t retweet or repost these images and videos. This can be a death sentence. 

DONATE, PARTICULARLY TO MINNESOTA-BASED BLACK YOUTH MOVEMENTS / MUTUAL AID FUNDS WHO ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND. FOLLOW/BOOST IF YOU CAN’T.

• The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a mutual aid group fighting back against the unjust MN bail system, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• The Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based freedom fighter organization creating campaigns for justice, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Crowdfunding for black trans people in need thread. 

Hey everyone, here’s a new fundraising update video!

[Closed captioning via YouTube, Transcript here (x)]

Major points: - I’ve raised a little over $2,000 for my top surgery, which is 1/5th of the goal! - I had to pay the full amount on March 25th, 2016, which I charged to a new credit card that comes with fees, interest, etc - ^This means I still need to raise the full amount! And there’s only ~2 weeks left to donate

You can check out the fundraiser here:  https://www.youcaring.com/luna-merbruja-541372

Lexi Adsit/@sistahmamaqueen also wanted to challenge folks to match her $100 donation by: 1) Donating $100 2) Getting a friend & donating $50 each 3) Getting three friends & donating $25 each, OR 4) Share with your networks

Hey everyone, here’s a new fundraising update video!

[Closed captioning via YouTube, Transcript here (x)]

Major points: - I’ve raised a little over $2,000 for my top surgery, which is 1/5th of the goal! - I had to pay the full amount on March 25th, 2016, which I charged to a new credit card that comes with fees, interest, etc - ^This means I still need to raise the full amount! And there’s only ~2 weeks left to donate

You can check out the fundraiser here:  https://www.youcaring.com/luna-merbruja-541372

Lexi Adsit/@sistahmamaqueen also wanted to challenge folks to match her $100 donation by: 1) Donating $100 2) Getting a friend & donating $50 each 3) Getting three friends & donating $25 each, OR 4) Share with your networks

I had surgery two days ago and I’m in a ton of pain and recovering at home. So far, everything is healing as it should be! My body isn’t responding super well to pain meds, but other than that, nothing incredibly awful is happening.

Hey everyone, here’s a new fundraising update video!

[Closed captioning via YouTube, Transcript here (x)]

Major points: - I’ve raised a little over $2,000 for my top surgery, which is 1/5th of the goal! - I had to pay the full amount on March 25th, 2016, which I charged to a new credit card that comes with fees, interest, etc - ^This means I still need to raise the full amount! And there’s only ~2 weeks left to donate

You can check out the fundraiser here:  https://www.youcaring.com/luna-merbruja-541372

Lexi Adsit/@sistahmamaqueen also wanted to challenge folks to match her $100 donation by: 1) Donating $100 2) Getting a friend & donating $50 each 3) Getting three friends & donating $25 each, OR 4) Share with your networks

Hey everyone! I’m going through a huge life moment and need your support - I’m getting breast augmentation!!

It’s super vulnerable to be talking about this surgery, especially as a trans woman because often our gender choices are sensationalized and viewed as “cosmetic” rather than affirming. For me, this is the *only* surgery that feels exciting and liberating, so please support me with some donations, share with your networks, and/or feel free to message me with support because I’m totally open to receiving that!

https://www.youcaring.com/lunarchichifund

I’m really trusting the universe, faith, and you all to show up as my community and family right now. I’ve never had any type of major surgery before so this is all super exciting and nerve wracking and joyful.

Please take some time to read the fundraiser (x) for some more info. Thank you so much!

all the love & hope, Luna Merbruja

Note: The YouTube video has closed-captioning, and a transcript is available here (x).

Hey everyone! I’m going through a huge life moment and need your support - I’m getting breast augmentation!!

It’s super vulnerable to be talking about this surgery, especially as a trans woman because often our gender choices are sensationalized and viewed as “cosmetic” rather than affirming. For me, this is the *only* surgery that feels exciting and liberating, so please support me with some donations, share with your networks, and/or feel free to message me with support because I’m totally open to receiving that!

https://www.youcaring.com/lunarchichifund

I’m really trusting the universe, faith, and you all to show up as my community and family right now. I’ve never had any type of major surgery before so this is all super exciting and nerve wracking and joyful.

Please take some time to read the fundraiser (x) for some more info. Thank you so much!

all the love & hope, Luna Merbruja

Note: The YouTube video has closed-captioning, and a transcript is available here (x).

Hi! My name’s Arran and I’m a disabled/chronically ill bi and agender femme, I also have severe OCD and C-PTSD as a result of surviving long-term abuse. I used to do camming but thanks to my health and mental state it’s no longer an option. At the moment I rely on government benefits, but thanks to a mistake (someone writing my address down wrong), the people in charge of giving me housing benefit assumed I’d moved and terminated my claim.

Housing benefit covers my rent and is very important for my survival. I’ve been trying to get it sorted for weeks and they keep promising payment soon but last month I had to borrow money from friends to pay my rent. As you can imagine it’s a very stressful and guilt-inducing thing to have to do.

I thought that the payment would be reinstated soon and I wouldn’t have the debt hanging over me for long time. This didn’t happen and now rent day is rolling around again (sooner than expected because I forgot until now how short February is).

I would be very scared to ask my landlord if I can pay him later because he’s a misogynist with a power complex who has made his distaste of me very clear for daring to have boundaries by making my life hell whilst he was here (he only lives here part time) and ignoring all my communications about the repairs that need doing in the flat whilst he isn’t.

He’s made me very concerned for my safety. I’m also on very dodgy legal standing as I am a lodger not a tenant. Plus I don’t really know when exactly it will be reinstated.

I’ve set the asking price for £600. My rent + council tax is about £570 and the remainder will go towards bills like heating which is very expensive this time of year in Scotland. If my benefit gets reinstated in time the money will go to paying back the friends I borrowed from.

Sorry I haven’t been on in awhile, I missed you all x

I finally got my official fibromyalgia diagnosis and I’ve been focusing on trying to manage physio and doctors appointments and all the rest.