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DISABLED, TRANS, QUEER POC OUT OF ABUSIVE HOME INDEFINITELY.Please donate if you can, or signal boost if you can't!
My Story: (TW Rape, Abuse,Transphobia.)
Hi, my name is Nik and I was recently forced out of my home. I'm a 20 year old disabled, trans/queer person of color. As anyone would be, I'm not really one to ask for help or money, but I'm desperately in need of help! All my life I've been in some type of an abusive living environment. But specifically, the reason I'm making this page is this: I was sexually abused for years by my sister when I was younger, which I finally had the courage to tell my mother about in early 2013. Recently my sister and her husband planned to move back in with my mother and I since they were going to move back to our city. When I found out, I told my mother it would be extremely triggering for me, but despite that, she allowed them to move in with us anyway. Within a few days of being forced to live and interract with my rapist, I started having bad panic attacks, being that I suffer from Anxiety Disorder, and there wasn't anything I could do to stop all of the flash backs. So my fiance and I thought it would be best if I left the house. I've been staying with my best friend and her mom since mid/late April, but they'll only be able to house me until the end of the month of May because of their financial situation.
Since moving out, my mother - who's very manipulative, and has been abusive physically, verbally, and mentally towards me all my life - has said most of all of this is my fault because I didn't come stay with my friend sooner. She's stolen over $200 from me now, and she has implied that I'm lying about the abuse that I suffered from my sister, claiming that what I told her is nothing but "alligations, until I can prove it," which troubles me since she's a rape survivor herself.
I have one other place I can go for the next few months (until mid July), but after that is where I need serious help! There's no way that I can go back to live with my mother; the environment there is toxic and bad for my mental health. Since she's disabled as well, my sister will be over at her house almost everyday to assist her (even though my sister and her husband have moved out into their own place now). My sister is abusive towards me even now. She's very ableist, and transphobic. She assulted me around the time I came out as trans, aggeresively pulling the neck of my shirt down to expose my binder after saying I looked "too flat chested." My mother, sister, and brother-in-law make almost no effort to respect or acknowledge my gender identity, and often use very hateful, transphobic slurs around/towards me.
This whole ordeal - ever since telling my mother about it back in 2013 I got very suicidal that year, and almost lost all hope - but even now it's taken a toll on my mental health. I can assure you that I don't have any intentions of hurting myself now, but given everything I know it would not be safe for me to live there. I plan on trying to get into some low-income housing as my condition -Osteogenisis Imperfecta- has me wheelchair-bound and makes it difficult to work. I plan on applying for SSI and other types of assistance, but the applications will take several months to process. I've set a goal of $2000, which is an estemation. I just need something to help me get an apartment, food, and cover general living expenses (i.e. rent, utilities, etc.) until the applications go through and I can get back on my feet. The only other housing option I have is a shelter in my city which I wouldn't prefer as I would have to keep my trans status private since it's a shelter for women and I'm set to start school in the fall, and I'd really like a stable living situation for that.
Again, please donate what you can, every dollar helps. If you can't, please pass this page along. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart! -Nik
My Story: (TW Rape, Abuse,Transphobia.)
Hi, my name is Nik and I was recently forced out of my home. I'm a 20 year old disabled, trans/queer person of color. As anyone would be, I'm not really one to ask for help or money, but I'm desperately in need of help! All my life I've been in some type of an abusive living environment. But specifically, the reason I'm making this page is this: I was sexually abused for years by my sister when I was younger, which I finally had the courage to tell my mother about in early 2013. Recently my sister and her husband planned to move back in with my mother and I since they were going to move back to our city. When I found out, I told my mother it would be extremely triggering for me, but despite that, she allowed them to move in with us anyway. Within a few days of being forced to live and interract with my rapist, I started having bad panic attacks, being that I suffer from Anxiety Disorder, and there wasn't anything I could do to stop all of the flash backs. So my fiance and I thought it would be best if I left the house. I've been staying with my best friend and her mom since mid/late April, but they'll only be able to house me until the end of the month of May because of their financial situation.
Since moving out, my mother - who's very manipulative, and has been abusive physically, verbally, and mentally towards me all my life - has said most of all of this is my fault because I didn't come stay with my friend sooner. She's stolen over $200 from me now, and she has implied that I'm lying about the abuse that I suffered from my sister, claiming that what I told her is nothing but "alligations, until I can prove it," which troubles me since she's a rape survivor herself.
I have one other place I can go for the next few months (until mid July), but after that is where I need serious help! There's no way that I can go back to live with my mother; the environment there is toxic and bad for my mental health. Since she's disabled as well, my sister will be over at her house almost everyday to assist her (even though my sister and her husband have moved out into their own place now). My sister is abusive towards me even now. She's very ableist, and transphobic. She assulted me around the time I came out as trans, aggeresively pulling the neck of my shirt down to expose my binder after saying I looked "too flat chested." My mother, sister, and brother-in-law make almost no effort to respect or acknowledge my gender identity, and often use very hateful, transphobic slurs around/towards me.
This whole ordeal - ever since telling my mother about it back in 2013 I got very suicidal that year, and almost lost all hope - but even now it's taken a toll on my mental health. I can assure you that I don't have any intentions of hurting myself now, but given everything I know it would not be safe for me to live there. I plan on trying to get into some low-income housing as my condition -Osteogenisis Imperfecta- has me wheelchair-bound and makes it difficult to work. I plan on applying for SSI and other types of assistance, but the applications will take several months to process. I've set a goal of $2000, which is an estemation. I just need something to help me get an apartment, food, and cover general living expenses (i.e. rent, utilities, etc.) until the applications go through and I can get back on my feet. The only other housing option I have is a shelter in my city which I wouldn't prefer as I would have to keep my trans status private since it's a shelter for women and I'm set to start school in the fall, and I'd really like a stable living situation for that.
Again, please donate what you can, every dollar helps. If you can't, please pass this page along. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart! -Nik
Organizer
Nik Peet
Organizer
Corpus Christi, TX
