EDIT: Closed! I don't think I'm going to be able to swing transportation but I was able to at least afford keeping my lungs together and the work going thanks to this so I cannot thank you all enough for donating and helping me keep going.

My name is Finley, I run Queer Armorer and Rainbow Reload - basically my entire existence is geared towards helping queer folk arm themselves. The past few months, the work I'd been reliant on dried up, and while my channel is JUST starting to spit out bits of money it's nowhere near enough to live on, let alone deal with the medical bills that have been piling up. My lungs are in bad shape still, I need more treatments and I can't afford them. And if I'm honest with myself I need an actual job, which means I need a car, which I don't have. I need something to help support and bridge the gap of what's holding my life together. And to be honest I'm behind on ... well, everything. And I'm at the point where I'm scared of losing my housing.

I'm at what I had hoped was the end of several life reboots. My work was directly inspired by the violence I've faced as a queer person. I've been assaulted, I'm dealing with medical issues that came from years as a street medic (including during the Floyd protests) and I'm dealing with rebuilding and holding together as best I can but I am behind.

I'm tapped out and scrambling and trying to keep everything going but if I'm honest I need your help, y'all.

I'm asking for direct support with life basics. I need to get a car so I can get to a job I recently landed and to medical treatments, I need to be able to afford medications and treatments which are not covered by Medicaid in my state ... I need your help getting back on my feet entirely, y'all. I'm sorry to have to ask but I am beyond struggling right now and I don't have a better answer. Not having a car has ended up wildly amplifying my lung issues in the cold, and it's complicated a lot of work opportunities and made keeping the apartment and my general world together MUCH harder. It's made everything from the beginner range days to just getting groceries a significantly harder task.

If you can help I would really appreciate it. It will help keep the work going and keep me fighting as best I can.