Colette's House Fund
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Hey!
As a lot of y'all know, I am moving into a new place in about a week and a half. It's ... been really emotional, in a way that I honestly wasn't expecting. I was evicted from my home on January 21, 2017, after my landlord saw a picture of me at a protest in the local paper and found out that I was transgender. Since then, most of my things have been in a storage unit, my dog has largely been living with my mother in Detroit, and I've given my cat away to a friend. I've lived in two houses, had four roommates, lived with numerous cats and dogs that aren't mine, and am looking forward to settling down and figuring what dimensions my life will take when it gets a bit quieter.
All of that being said, things are tight to a degree that I'm not used to, and the last month has made the logistics of actually moving into my new apartment more difficult than anticipated. I lost a week of work in order to go home and help my mom pack her house, I lost a week of work due to severe back pain, and I am right on the margin with regard to being able to pay my security deposit and move in. And, if I manage to do it, it'll be with none of the things you'd like to start out in an apartment with: no bed, no couch, no chairs, no shower curtains, towels—everything I abandoned in my house last year are things I'm going to have to eventually replace.
I'm not asking for $1,000 because I want to buy a bed or a couch. I'm trying to make sure that I can get into this space without panicking. I'd like to get an air mattress. I'd like to be able to replace things like plates and cups that may have gotten broken or lost when I was moving last year. I'd like to be able to get a shower curtain or a garbage can, the tiny, incidental stuff that's outside of my budget.
There's enough going on right now outside of my personal affairs that I feel very selfish asking for assistance like this. I don't like talking about the work that I'm doing/plan on doing because I don't want to make it sound like any activism/art/material support for other marginalized individuals that I'm able to offer is contingent upon my having a full bank account. I'm just trying to enter this new phase of my life on more stable ground than I've known in some time. We'll leave the rest to the future.
As a lot of y'all know, I am moving into a new place in about a week and a half. It's ... been really emotional, in a way that I honestly wasn't expecting. I was evicted from my home on January 21, 2017, after my landlord saw a picture of me at a protest in the local paper and found out that I was transgender. Since then, most of my things have been in a storage unit, my dog has largely been living with my mother in Detroit, and I've given my cat away to a friend. I've lived in two houses, had four roommates, lived with numerous cats and dogs that aren't mine, and am looking forward to settling down and figuring what dimensions my life will take when it gets a bit quieter.
All of that being said, things are tight to a degree that I'm not used to, and the last month has made the logistics of actually moving into my new apartment more difficult than anticipated. I lost a week of work in order to go home and help my mom pack her house, I lost a week of work due to severe back pain, and I am right on the margin with regard to being able to pay my security deposit and move in. And, if I manage to do it, it'll be with none of the things you'd like to start out in an apartment with: no bed, no couch, no chairs, no shower curtains, towels—everything I abandoned in my house last year are things I'm going to have to eventually replace.
I'm not asking for $1,000 because I want to buy a bed or a couch. I'm trying to make sure that I can get into this space without panicking. I'd like to get an air mattress. I'd like to be able to replace things like plates and cups that may have gotten broken or lost when I was moving last year. I'd like to be able to get a shower curtain or a garbage can, the tiny, incidental stuff that's outside of my budget.
There's enough going on right now outside of my personal affairs that I feel very selfish asking for assistance like this. I don't like talking about the work that I'm doing/plan on doing because I don't want to make it sound like any activism/art/material support for other marginalized individuals that I'm able to offer is contingent upon my having a full bank account. I'm just trying to enter this new phase of my life on more stable ground than I've known in some time. We'll leave the rest to the future.
Organizer
Colette Arrand
Organizer
Athens, GA
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