COST BREAKDOWN UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER.

Good morning/evening y'all, I'm Benedetta (she/they), I'm an Italian nonbinary T* person with high-functioning autism and worse of all...I'm from Milan.

You'll see my "deadname" as I'm scared of any possible bureaucratic problem (when it comes to money you're never too safe) since for my country "Benedetta" still doesn't exists. Little did they know...

I lived almost by myself and managed to survive until now: all savings are finished and debts are starting to piling up. My combo of conditions doesn't allow me to just do a job, considering my high susceptibility to overstimulation and social anxiety (and systemic queerphobia).

I already started to ask for help from my country's welfare, but for one I'm not enough disabled, for the other I'm not poor enough (even though my ISEE<2k), and the bureaucracy to search for a job less taxing on my mind has become a bottleneck since this summer.

I had to stop going to my therapist, since I've still got a month of debts to them, and I don't have many expenses to cut.

Fortunately my gender affirmation process is mostly covered by the Italian NHS, or I'd be doomed probably.

I'm trying to become something of an illustrator, a comic writer, or at least to work. Currently I'm building my artistic "brand" and make my art: a pseudo-monthly newsletter, commissions, and a TTRPG setting.

All alone, #noai of course, I'm not that self-harming!

These last months I've started attending events in my city's community to sell my illustrations and zines. You can see what I'm working on here at my Landing Page . I hope you like it!

I've also started a collective with other queer artists and published a magazine with comics, games and poetry, to try and at least bring some joy in these hard times. You can check it out on our Instagram page, feel free to reach us if you want to know more!

The target sum is 1.000€, which is just enough to cover all the debts I had to this day, and a little surplus as I know for sure that the situation won't improve in May, but at least I'll have more time.

COST BREAKDOWN (October update)

If you arrived to this point I've already taken too much of your time so I'll be brief: thank you, from my heart, my roommate's which will see her money back, at least some people who wouldn't want me under a bridge, and I hope I'll be able to make it up someday!

Every bit helps, and after you closed this page love yourself because it's your fundamental right. Don't hate and don't be hated.