help a disabled Black Trans couple avoid homelessness and stay afloat

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new monthly post: my wife and i are disabled Black trans folks living in TX, both currently unemployed despite our best efforts, and we are at risk of being evicted and losing our home every month on top of not being able to afford any of our living expenses (like our utilities or the costs of managing our disabilities). as a result, we are reliant on mutual aid to stay afloat. reblogging this post (WITH NO TAGS UNLESS TO GIVE ACCESSIBILITY INFO) and donating helps the most. please, PLEASE help us not be on the streets and lose everything again.

my main three apps | my wife's apps (send rent donations here!!) | shared links and registry

8/13

$347.93/$1262.24 (12 days past due, $914.31 needed by 8/21 to avoid eviction)

$10/$277 for power bill (8 days past due, must be paid in full by 8/25 to avoid shutoff)

$0/$90 for groceries

made some progress, but we need people to CONTINUE TO DONATE CONSISTENTLY if i have any hope of keeping us housed. our power bill goal really hasnt moved, and i also need $90 to pick up a few things we need in the house. until my wife and i are able to get jobs, we have no other way of being able to survive without help. please consider chipping in.

my wife's links (send rent donos here ONLY!!!!) | my pay links + our patreon (send power bill donos here ONLY) | where to send $ for groceries

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Please try to support and help us.

Please try to share our story and speak about our suffering. 🥹💔

Over the past few days, I asked for your help to cover Eid expenses and to buy medication for my parents. Yesterday, we experienced a very nearby airstrike that caused significant damage, including damage to our tent.

We are living with fear every moment. Every minute feels uncertain, and the war has never truly ended. The situation continues to worsen, and I could lose my life at any moment.Please do not forget my family and loved ones. Any support you can provide, even to help us repair the damage, would mean so much to us. We urgently need your help.These are some photos showing the damage and the area that was bombed. Please support and help us in any way you can. We need everything.😭💔

You can watch a wider video of the area through this link.Click here

Please try to share our story and speak about our suffering. 🥹💔

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A 19-year-old black trans girl was shot to death this month, and there has been absolutely no media reporting on it - despite extensive reporting on almost identical incidents in the same part of Florida, at the same time. The police, as usual, misgendered her in the police report and have done nothing to find her killer. Her name was Jayla Mcgee. Black trans people deserve to grow old.

while I'm at it we really do need to be nicer to fat trans girls

there is probably a good reason she's still wearing the clothes she did in highschool is all I'm saying

buy her clothes. give her flowers. tell her she's pretty don't just keep those thoughts to yourself.

Dear friends, donors, supporters, and well-wishers,

We are a group of people from Sudan who fled our homeland due to conflict. Initially, we were over 500, but after a long and dangerous journey, only 120 of us made it to South Sudan. Sadly, not everyone survived, and it breaks our hearts to see our numbers continue to decline. Now, we are 110 people, desperately trying to reach Uganda for safety.

We are urgently seeking your help to make this journey. We have been stranded here for a long time, facing starvation and a lack of medical care. Many of our mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers have already passed away. With no one else to turn to, we are reaching out to you for support.

To reach Uganda, each person needs $500, which will cover:

• $300 for transport

• $70 for food during the journey

• $120 for basic survival needs after arriving in Uganda

Since we are far from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, our journey will take four days. First, we must reach Juba, then travel for two days to Uganda. Once there, we will not stay in the capital, Kampala, but move directly to other areas for safety.

With 110 people, we need $55,000 to complete this journey. We also have 17 dogs and 8 cats, and while we would never want to leave them behind, we will do our best to bring them with us.

We could have moved earlier, but our GoFundMe has received only small donations, which have helped with medical care but not enough to escape.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW—TO SURVIVE.

• A $500 donation can save the life of one person in our community.

• A $1,000 donation can help two people or even more—perhaps a child and a grandmother.

• Any amount will contribute to someone’s survival, as donations add up to help each person make it.

We understand that $55,000 may seem like a large amount, but it is not just for us—it is to save an entire community.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T REACH $55,000?

As a community, we have made a heartbreaking decision: If we don’t raise the full amount, we will still attempt to move forward. However, we will have to vote on who gets to leave—prioritizing children, grandmothers, and people with disabilities. The rest will have to stay behind, hoping for another chance. It is a heavy decision, but we have no other option.

The profile picture on our GoFundMe was taken when we first arrived in South Sudan. The second image in this post shows our current reality—the shelter we built while living here. https://gofund.me/12c12ab7

Thank you so much for your donations, which are truly saving lives. Even the truly small donations are making a big difference, and if you cannot afford donating, reblogging is a huge help. We appreciate your time and kindness in understanding our desperate situation.

May you always be healthy.

The Crying Community

From Sudan → South Sudan → Destination: Uganda

a ton of people have unexpectedly followed me over the last 2 days so here is my rent-lowering gunshot:

the american south is the most racially diverse and poorest region of the united states, and any political sentiment that treats the south is stupid or expendable is inherently racist and classist. a lot of y'all are racist and classist. the south is also the heart of american culture. argue with a wall. you cannot deny that everybody in the entire world does not emulate artists from atlanta. there is vested interest in keeping the south poor and uneducated BECAUSE this is the most racially diverse region in this country. if you actually give a fuck about progress, you would fight for the south, not mock us.

We really are never going to stop stripping this land bare

lil study of the new Major that started as a warmup sketch. I need her so bad

Anyway this disability pride month I would like to shoutout disabled folks whose creativity has suffered because of their condition. I’m talking people with hand tremors and pain that stop them from drawing, knitting, and playing instruments. People whose thinking has become so disorganized that nothing they write makes sense to other people. People with chronic pain who can no longer dance. People so over medicated in a fruitless attempt to maintain stability that the wells of their imagination have run dry.

I see you and I love you. You are more than your creative output. You are not a shell of what you used to be. You are a whole, complete person, regardless of what your creativity has been, is now, or will be in the future.

I have 3 days left to pay a $400 bill and I barely make $30 a day if I’m lucky

Hey, my friend Thorn really needs some help and I’d appreciate it if you could at least reblog this if you can’t donate. I’d like them to get more than that $400 because they been goin through it in a way that’s racked up debt beyond that, and they can’t catch a fucking break ever.

So if you’ve ever wanted to toss money my way for anything I’ve written/done, toss it to them right now rn instead. And if you can’t? Reblog this so someone else can.

Anyway this disability pride month I would like to shoutout disabled folks whose creativity has suffered because of their condition. I’m talking people with hand tremors and pain that stop them from drawing, knitting, and playing instruments. People whose thinking has become so disorganized that nothing they write makes sense to other people. People with chronic pain who can no longer dance. People so over medicated in a fruitless attempt to maintain stability that the wells of their imagination have run dry.

I see you and I love you. You are more than your creative output. You are not a shell of what you used to be. You are a whole, complete person, regardless of what your creativity has been, is now, or will be in the future.

puppy chores~ made 4 @wagsandswishes

*white knuckling my way through the dishes with a thousand yard stare* never puppy bores... do my puppy chores... never puppy bores... do my puppy chores... never puppy bores... do my puppy chores...