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Hello, my name is Primo, and today we’re asking for your help. I write this for my sister, Jireh, and I as we are newly homeless siblings, and can only provide so much support to one another after being kicked out during COVID19. So, we ask for your understanding and generosity to build a foundation that will last for the rest of our lives. We have no family, no support systems, and no safety net if things go awry, so please share, donate, and spread the word.
Over the years both Jireh and I have suffered abuse from the hands of our parent primarily stepfather - Jireh earning a black eye and stitches for “talking back” to our stepdad, or me, facing emotional abuse hearing “homosexuality is disgusting” from him since I could talk. As plainly as I can state it, for years we have been abused emotionally, mentally, and physically, including body shaming, gaslighting, manipulation, social isolation, physical violence, “christian conversion ideas”, lies and most recently, abandonment. Now that we have been kicked out, all connections to our parents have been lost, and we hope to use these terrible experiences to grow and learn to be the change we want to see in the world.
This male monster has set us up for failure, stealing our college savings accounts, showing us the wrong in the world, and abusing us all the while, but we refuse to be defeated. Jireh dreams to go and study at a junior college and study criminal justice, especially because of her abuse from her years in hs, and her earnest nature to break the cycle and help others. I received no support or assistance from my parents in my college goals, and am in my third year at MSU earning my BFA in costume tech, while applying, financing, and working, often three jobs at a time, to support myself and my sister.
And that's not even mentioning the global pandemic in which we have access to so fewer resources for our complex situation. Neither parent has assured our safety, comfort, finances, or even if we have a roof over our heads during this pandemic and our stepfather actively attempt to make our situations more challenging-like intentionally removing us from health insurance or changing the locks when we have nowhere else to go.
Both Ji, and I as LGBTQ+ POC’s know, it is so important to establish a safe environment to express, feel, and grow as a person, and our stepfathers evangelical christian views purposefully repressed, and actively combatted these ideas. Jireh and I truly just want to explore our gender identities further without fear of abuse, disgust, or shame. Now we are reaching to split evenly, the goal of 30k, so that we can procure a safe, loving, nurturing space, something to this day we have yet to experience. Jireh would get a car or apartment and begin her college journey, and I would use it for current college expenses, savings accounts, food, bills, books, and foundation for the beginning of our new lives.
It takes a lot of courage for me to do this, and we are the most well adjusted people we can be given our circumstances. For some it may be hard to see we have been going through this in the shadows, but in the changing circumstances of covid something must be done - as a big brother it's my duty to humble myself and ask for help. I will not be intimidated into silence, nor will my voice be stifled anymore for fear of retribution or our safety. We both have struggled through countless challenges - we've been able to help each other but we can only go so far ourselves. At the end of the day we are just kids.
Over the years both Jireh and I have suffered abuse from the hands of our parent primarily stepfather - Jireh earning a black eye and stitches for “talking back” to our stepdad, or me, facing emotional abuse hearing “homosexuality is disgusting” from him since I could talk. As plainly as I can state it, for years we have been abused emotionally, mentally, and physically, including body shaming, gaslighting, manipulation, social isolation, physical violence, “christian conversion ideas”, lies and most recently, abandonment. Now that we have been kicked out, all connections to our parents have been lost, and we hope to use these terrible experiences to grow and learn to be the change we want to see in the world.
This male monster has set us up for failure, stealing our college savings accounts, showing us the wrong in the world, and abusing us all the while, but we refuse to be defeated. Jireh dreams to go and study at a junior college and study criminal justice, especially because of her abuse from her years in hs, and her earnest nature to break the cycle and help others. I received no support or assistance from my parents in my college goals, and am in my third year at MSU earning my BFA in costume tech, while applying, financing, and working, often three jobs at a time, to support myself and my sister.
And that's not even mentioning the global pandemic in which we have access to so fewer resources for our complex situation. Neither parent has assured our safety, comfort, finances, or even if we have a roof over our heads during this pandemic and our stepfather actively attempt to make our situations more challenging-like intentionally removing us from health insurance or changing the locks when we have nowhere else to go.
Both Ji, and I as LGBTQ+ POC’s know, it is so important to establish a safe environment to express, feel, and grow as a person, and our stepfathers evangelical christian views purposefully repressed, and actively combatted these ideas. Jireh and I truly just want to explore our gender identities further without fear of abuse, disgust, or shame. Now we are reaching to split evenly, the goal of 30k, so that we can procure a safe, loving, nurturing space, something to this day we have yet to experience. Jireh would get a car or apartment and begin her college journey, and I would use it for current college expenses, savings accounts, food, bills, books, and foundation for the beginning of our new lives.
It takes a lot of courage for me to do this, and we are the most well adjusted people we can be given our circumstances. For some it may be hard to see we have been going through this in the shadows, but in the changing circumstances of covid something must be done - as a big brother it's my duty to humble myself and ask for help. I will not be intimidated into silence, nor will my voice be stifled anymore for fear of retribution or our safety. We both have struggled through countless challenges - we've been able to help each other but we can only go so far ourselves. At the end of the day we are just kids.
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Primo Davis
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Montclair, NJ