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This is a series of 10 tweets posted on August 20th 2022 by user "Housing 4 All is Hot" (Twitter Handle @ahouse4all)

That thread asking people how they would get out of homelessness if they only had $20 is literally people saying "I would simply just'" and then saying something that is literally impossible, unavailable, or has been made illegal by local city governments.

"I'd find a minimum wage job and save up money while I stayed at a shelter!" Who is hiring you when you don't have an address, your ID, or a car? Shelter is full. Also you have to leave the shelter at 6am and show up at 1pm to get a bed. You also have to pay to stay there.

I would panhandle and save!" Panhandling does not pay. Most people don't have cash anymore + are hostile to unhoused ppl. It's illegal in a lot of places = huge citation or in jail. You also have to buy food and supplies daily. They get stolen or thrown out by the cops.

All while this is happening your mental health deteriorates. People don't respond to you when you speak to them and you're kicked out of shops and restaurants constantly. Your stuff is constantly getting stolen. Assaults are common. You have to stay awake at night to stay safe.

There are more people falling into homelessness every day than can be lifted out because of skyrocketing rents, low wages, lack of healthcare, mass incarceration, domestic violence, etc. There is no "just" getting out of it when you're in it.

Also to all these scenarios add more layers of oppression: Being disabled, woman, elderly, LGBTQ+, a person of color, and the more difficult it is. It's not a coincidence that even though Black people only make up 8% of the population they're 40% of unhoused people - it's racism.

LA has made it illegal to sit, stand, lie, sleep in 20% of the city. If you don't know all those areas by memory you could get arrested or fined at any moment if a cop comes by. Sweeps are constant so you have to memorize that schedule or all your stuff gets thrown out.

How do you go to any appointments for benefits if places don't let you come inside with your tent/backpack/belongings that will get stolen the second you leave them unattended? What do you do when you don't have the $35 for your ID that's been thrown away every time you get one?

Also you're unhoused in this scenario which means your credit and rental history is probably bad. Even if you miraculously saved up the $5,000 you need to move into an apartment- a landlord is never going to rent you one with bad credit/eviction history.

I could go on and on but it's terrifying how uninformed people are about how little help there is for unhoused people when the vast majority of people are just a couple paychecks away from being unhoused themselves.

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

if you commission an artist right now, you will likely be expected to pay upfront and the commission may take a little while longer. this isn't because you're being scammed, but because the artist has taken a bulk of commissions to try and secure their livelihood until they can figure out another payment processor or revenue stream that foreign clients can use

Pride flag given to President Obama at the White House LGBT Pride Reception, 2016. Barack Obama Presidential Library. NARA ID 219756312.

The Obama White House lit in celebration of the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, 6/26/2015. Obama Library, NARA ID 176549838.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

People Celebrate the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage outside the White House 6/26/2015. Image by Amanda Lucidon, Obama Library, NARA ID 138925688.

We celebrate Pride Month with some highlights from our holdings. Today we focus on rainbows and happiness, but future Pride Month posts will reflect the country's documented history of systemic discrimination and violence towards the LGBTQ community.

LGBT DC Pride 6/6/2014 tweet from Shin Inouye, records of the Obama Presidential Library. NARA ID 231832627.

President Obama with Gilbert Baker, Gay Pride Flag artist, White House, 6/9/2016. NARA ID 176549434.

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National Archives News Special Topics page: LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Discovering LGBTQ History: Pride Flag Given to President Obama,

Pieces of History: Pride in Protesting: 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising

Discovering LGBTQ History: Marriage in Minnesota, 1970

The Wedding Heard ’Round the World: America’s First Gay Marriage

Amending America: LGBTQ Human and Civil Rights

Establishment of Stonewall National Monument in the Federal Register

U.S. v. Edith Windsor (gay marriage/Defense of Marriage Act case)

Pieces of History: American Pride for Astronaut Sally Ride

Speech of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk at Gay Freedom Day, June 25, 1978

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Act of 2010

DocsTeach: Primary Sources related to LGBTQ+ 

DocsTeach: The Long Struggle for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights