I’m Foster, formerly known as Robin.

 I need help returning home to the Bay Area to grieve a chosen family member’s suicide.  I’m 25 years old, Black, transgender, low-income, and born in the Bay.  I have no family, little support network, and I’ve been taking care of myself since I became a legal adult.  I survived the start of the pandemic while homeless, as well as multiple sexual assaults without proper family support.

Last October, I had to leave my home in the Bay Area due to the extreme cost of living and impossible job market.  I made a fresh start in Philadelphia, only to learn that someone back in SF I considered a sister unfortunately took her own life.  It was and still is one of the worst days of my fucking life.  I still haven’t been able to really process and properly grieve such a monumental loss.

Since then my mental health has significantly wavered.  It’s sort of impossible to process such an event while 3000 miles away from home.  As much as it hurts to admit, I don’t think I can continue to function here especially without the direct support of close friends/chosen family and other loved ones in general who live back home in the Bay.

I need help to make it back home.  Anything you can contribute would mean a lot.  Funds will be used towards:

-Moving costs

-Housing deposit

-Living expenses while grieving and job searching

-Other necessities to make it back home

Any questions/concerns/vitriol, contact me on ig @flashbef0reyoureyes

Thanks so much yall.  PLEASE keep Black trans folks housed, safe, and a priority.  Take care of us while we still here.