Tl;dr I'm broke and disabled and could use some money for a uHaul to get me out of Vegas and into my girlfriend's arms!

My name is Cassy. I'm a disabled, unemployed, queer 25 year old who got trapped in Las Vegas because the pandemic hit as soon as I arrived.

Thanks to the pandemic, my disability, and family obligations, it has been basically impossible for me to find work since the beginning of the pandemic. However, I do have to move out of where I live in Las Vegas eventually. My girlfriend, who lives in Texas, wants to let me move in with her. Funds are short, though, thanks to her being the only one of the two of us who is employed at the moment.

The last few years, including ending up stuck in Vegas in the first place, have been very rough for me. Being unemployed since I got here has meant I can't afford all my medications, and I've been relying on foodstamps and family kindness to get by.

Moving in with my girlfriend of over a year will give me the opportunity to have a new start, one where I am not living with (and thus constantly depending on) family, or roommates who might decide they hate me for my illnesses and introverted tendencies. My girlfriend and I have supported each other through a lot, but without employment, none of my support has been able to be monetary. But there are job opportunities there, as well as a low enough cost of living that she currently covers her bills on her own.

The funding goal is for the uHaul cost to get me and my stuff to her. We'll still be doing all the heavy lifting, driving, etc., despite my issues, to try to keep costs down. We're hoping to move me in with her the last weekend of August.

This would be life-saving. Being stuck in Vegas has destroyed my mental health, and the toll of trying to keep surviving somewhere I hate cannot be overstated. With this new beginning, I am hoping to find new work, opportunity, and happiness, alongside someone who loves me not because of blood relations, but for who I am as a person, and who I love in equal measure. This would mean the world to me. I'd be able to get back into making art, videos, training as a computer technician, and otherwise get back on track to being a better, healthier version of myself, who shouldn't ever have to make another GoFundMe.