***I did not include this in the GoFundMe post due to privacy & gofundme’s prejudice against sex workers, but we all use our laptops/phones in order to communicate with clients and cam. my car was also stolen, and while I have more hope that will be recovered, I currently do not have much reliable transportation as some of my work requires going to the suburbs****
Talking about this is hard because of the trauma surrounding the situation, but we are deciding to share our story so our lives become less about debt and more about healing. Last night, my girlfriend and I were robbed in our own home. About $5000-7000 worth of stuff/cash was taken from us…In addition to the robbery, I was tied up by the legs & arms and forcibly raped. My gf was sexually violated in numerous ways and restrained as well.
I’m a cis queer girl who lives in a house with her girlfriend and her gf’s twin sister. My girlfriend and her sister are both trans. We all moved into an apartment together back in August and although we’ve made so much progress since then, we’ve also been struggling. I was finally beginning to feel like we were getting back on our feet and beginning to have agency over our lives. My girlfriend & her twin have been hospitalized multiple times in the past few months for suicidal ideation and attempts. I am also mentally ill and suffer from bipolar/PTSD/etc.
After a long struggle with our illnesses, we started going out and reconnecting with our friends again. Our antidepressants seemed to be working, and we also had put a lot of money (including taking out loans) into buying things that made our lives considerably easier (laptops for school and work, couches, etc.) I finally was starting to feel like our apartment was furnished….we had couches, desks, a nice place to work….and some semblance of stability and security after some really difficult months. After the robbery and sexual assault, all of our progress, emotionally and financially, felt like it hit another huge setback.
Although the things we lost our important to us, we are currently trying to heal from a traumatic event that caught us by devastation and surprise. Your money will go towards replacing:
-Two phones that were stolen (probably worth around 300-1,000 dollars, but unsure what our phone companies will say, or if they will be recovered)
-Two laptops that were stolen (loans were taken out in order to pay for these because we need them for work and school. Some people in the house cannot work without a computer.) In total the computers cost around 2,400.
-460 dollars in cash that was stolen out of my wallet.
-Rent money stored by bedside (my landlord is generally bad at collecting rent so I took it out of my bank account so I wouldn’t spend it–it includes my rent and my roommate’s—somewhere around ~1000?)
-Medications & therapy for mental illness and assault, along with HRT medication for my gf & her sis.
-Self defense training/protection/etc.
-Other living expenses, including rent/bills/food, which I am currently behind on.
-Moving out expenses in case we don’t feel safe in our current living space anymore. We were threatened multiple times before the robbery ended–he said he may come back or send other people after us. I am not sure if this is true, but the trauma is still there.
My gf & her sister’s expenses (mainly replacing technology) will be prioritized as I have more of a supportive family in situations like these. My other roommates, however, have abusive parents who have attempted to sabotage their lives for being trans, and essentially have no support system to fall back on.
I never thought I would be in a situation like this, but if there’s anything you can do to help, we would really, really appreciate it. Thank you and to everyone who has been supportive–I love you all.
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