staying housed: july/august edition
Hey, folks! It's that time again. If you aren't familiar with my story, posts going into the situation in more detail can be found here and here. The short version is that I am a queer, trans, severely disabled person, attempting to rebuild my life while living in poverty after escaping domestic violence at the hands of abusive family who nearly killed me. Currently I have no reliable income, and for the last six months or so I have been almost entirely reliant on donations to survive.
To update on things so far: I've made it safely to the other place, and have been mostly recovering from the move and getting settled back in. I am happy to report that, with functioning A/C and a clean environment where housemates aren't incentivized to be awful, I am already doing much, much better than I was, and I am feeling immensely hopeful about what I'll be able to get done to pull my life together with a year of not having to worry about where I'll be living next month.
However, for that to continue being a reality, I'll still need help with covering rent and bills until I can get some meaningful financial aid in order. As things are I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if I lose my housing that will all come crashing down, and I will be extremely unlikely to survive long if it does; even without the nerve damage, physical frailty, and extreme autoimmune heat sensitivity, outdoor temps where I live at this time of year reach 100°F+ on the heat index most days, and without a roof I will have zero protection from any of it. The killing heat is here, and will likely be here for most of the year yet.
To that end, I am once again asking for donations. I have significantly more spoons to put into art than I did before the move, if anyone would like doodles in return for a donation (though my workspace is still limited), but anything at all helps; I would not be alive without the kindness of strangers online, and as much of a nightmare as things are in the broader world right now I'm finally starting to feel some hope. Please help me stay alive and keep fighting. 💜
$750 (Rent for this month, due by the 26th)
$280 (Bills, meds, and groceries for this month; will need to start paying my own phone line, since that's being cut off this month)
$650 (Rent for next month; however much of this I can get a headstart on will be helpful)
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