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This March I’m proceeding with legal action to prove abuse and neglect, so that legal guardianship can be granted to other family members. Because these proceedings may take months, I’m also filing an emergency ex parte order to gain temporary custody while the case ensues. I’m raising funds to rent an apartment in the city where my niece lives, so I can provide her with safe housing and keep her daily life as stable as possible during the proceedings.

bit old but i’ve never posted them anywhere so here are my zero time dilemma girls 

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“Asian Lesbians in San Francisco: Struggles to Create a Safe Space, 1970s-1980s,” Trinity A. Ordona, in Asian/Pacific Islander American Women: A Historical Anthology, 2003 [starts on p. 319]

“Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women Speak Out,” Christine T. Lipat, Trinity A. Ordona, Cianna Pamintuan Steward, and Mary Ann Ubaldo, in Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory (2005)

“Slicing Silence: Asian Progressives Come Out,” Daniel C. Tsang, in Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment, 2001

“Sexuality, Identity, and the Uses of History,” Nayan Shah, in Q & A: Queer in Asian American, 1998 [starts on p. 141]

“Subverting Seductions,” Gupta, Unruly Immigrants, 2007 [starts on p. 159]

“Queer Asian American Historiography,” Amy Sueyoshi, in The Oxford Handbook of Asian American History, 2016 [contains discussion of csa]

“Miss Morning Glory: Orientalism and Misogyny in the Queer Writings of Yone Noguchi,” Amy Sueyoshi, in Amerasia Journal, 2011

“Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History,” Amy Sueyoshi, in LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History, 2016

“Looking for Jiro Onuma: A Queer Meditation on the Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II,“ Tina Takemoto, in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 2014

(4/23/18) Hi y’all! I need a little help! I’m 24-year-old lesbian and I have a 2 yr old cat! I realized in March that my house isn’t liveable after we found items we had laying around the house completely covered in thick green mold. Long story short the house is really old and basically has a lot of factors that have made it the perfect breeding ground for mold. My landlord says the roof, floors, and windows all need to be replaced & central AC/heat installed. Obviously, we can’t live here with ongoing construction & I’m really concerned about how living in this house is affecting our (me +cat) health, since all of the roommates have experienced adverse health effects. But I’ve been stuck here bc until earlier this month I was unemployed and had no income other than what I could borrow & earn by selling belongings. We terminated our lease to avoid paying rent and our landlord has given us until the 1st to relocate.

If you follow me you know that in addition to the actual house having so many issues I’ve also had a pretty hellish time living with my current roommates. I’ve dealt with everything from strangers being let into my room without my permission to, most recently, someone leaving the back door open and allowing my cat to escape (I found her). It’s been terrible. But I found open housing that seems perfect. It’s in a better part of town, a much newer house, and affordable. I’d be living with other gay women who are serious about establishing boundaries and having mutual respect between roommates (exactly what is missing from my current situation).

I struggle with mental illness and some other stuff and I’ve been working really hard to better myself in every way I can- like recently celebrating 1 month sober, scheduling therapy & psych appointments and finally finding a new job. I know that being able to move to a new house with new people is an important step on my continued path towards recovery and I just really need help to achieve it. I prayed my tax return would arrive in time for me to use but it’s not going to happen. I won’t receive my paycheck from my new job in time, & the few members of my family I have relationships with are not in the position to help me financially. So I need to raise $780 ($390 rent + $390 deposit) by May 1st to be able to move. I’m taking donations via PayPal rather than GoFundMe bc PayPal keeps less of the money donated and bc it’s much faster to receive a payout (instant or only 1 day vs like a week via GoFundMe).  I’ll provide screenshots of my PayPal, photos of mold around my house, screenshots of emails between my landlord and myself, and screenshots of convos with my potential new roommates upon request! Total transparency bc I understand if anyone is skeptical and I really do just need the help! Thank you in advance for sharing or donating!