<div>On Friday, March 7th, Bahía Blanca experienced <a href="https://buenosairesherald.com/society/multiple-evacuations-in-bahia-blanca-as-massive-storm-leads-to-flooding" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">an unprecedented flood</a> : <strong>over 400mm (15.7 inches) of rain fell in just a few hours</strong>, representing <strong>a third of the city’s annual average rainfall</strong>. The flood caused severe damage, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities in marginalized communities, including the LGBT+ community, which faces both <strong>social peripheralization</strong> and <strong>institutional neglect</strong>—issues that are <strong>directly impacting the response and recovery policies</strong>.

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<div>Since 2017, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/furias.ong/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Furias</a> has been a <strong>tether</strong> for the LGBT+ community in Bahía Blanca—a space of survival and flourishing. The organization has provided <strong>resource-based and emotional help</strong>, offering support through HIV testing, clothing fairs, LGBT+ entrepreneurship markets, solidarity knitting workshops, CV preparation assistance, distribution of food and basic products to those in vulnerable situations, "Muestravesti" (a local trans-travesti archive preserving the community's history), and gender assemblies and collective training spaces.

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<div>However, the magnitude of this flood has created an urgent need to expand efforts, to not only <strong>rebuild material resources</strong> but to also <strong>reconstruct the bonds of solidarity and belonging</strong> that are essential for collective healing and empowerment. Furias is not just a place—it is a <strong>site of resistance</strong>, where the ties of kinship and care are nourished and rebuilt.

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<div>The flood has destroyed more than just material things; it has disrupted the very <strong>community fabric</strong> that has held the LGBT+ people of Bahía Blanca together for years. Furias faces the urgent task of securing not only the material recovery of what was lost but also <strong>the reconstruction of the solidarity that is necessary for the community to heal, move forward, and persist</strong>.

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<div>This isn’t only about recovering what’s lost—<strong>it’s about rebuilding the spaces of care</strong> and solidarity that nourish our shared struggle, our collective liberation. In this moment of crisis, <strong>the community needs your help to reclaim the space that <em>Furias</em> has always provided</strong>.

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<div>To facilitate the fundraising, I will receive the funds into my account in the U.S. and then transfer the total amount to <em>Furias</em>. All updates and receipts will be shared to ensure complete transparency.

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<div>If you can’t donate, <strong>please share this campaign</strong> and help amplify the voice of the LGBT+ community in Bahía Blanca. <strong>Care practices are what sustain us</strong>.

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Kehan Zhao

Maria Jose Gutierrez

AJ Mata

Miles Ducatillon

Jesus Galan diaz

Mariana Rodriguez

Carlos Torres Astocondor

Angelica Gonzalez

Luisa Rangel

Cesar Hoyos

Ana Ortega Perez

Agustina Carando

Anonymous

PJ DiPietro

Jonathan Mulki

Nicholas Villarreal

Blake Hurzeler

Stephanie Terrazas

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