Help Tom move to a safe community

Hey there. If you've been following me for a while, then you know that I've been struggling in my location. I live with my brother's family currently and it has been a very tense situation. As a disabled queer in a very right-wing area of Washington, I've struggled to find community. I've struggled to meet familial expectations and have even been threatened to be kicked out or disowned. It's constantly a stressful situation on top of trying to get my debt taken care of. As it stands, even with a full time job where I work with tax returns, I do not make enough to even consider moving out of my brother's home into the same town. I pay rent to my brother and then pay my bills and ultimately only make a few hundred extra each much on top of that. Not enough to afford today's current rent.

I need to get space from my family and I need to get to a place where I have friends and community. I plan on moving to Oregon and am also considering reaching out about finding a roommate. For the current moment though, I am having to consider both trying to eliminate some debt and to figure out rent on my own. I'm following GoFundMe's "automatic goal" function, but I need all the support I could get. I'm still working every job I can on top of this, as well as trying to do my creative work at the same time. I feel bad asking for support but I do not know what else to do at this point. I need to get this figured out before I get kicked out of my family.

My ultimate goal is around $10,000. It's a large amount. Any amount I get will absolutely help. I will use this both to manage debt and to both move and afford a few months of rent while I get my work re-instated in a new location. My job currently tells me they will support me moving locations, in that I can find a job with them in a new place. However, I am used to being disappointed by my work. I can only hope for the best case scenario but I believe we are past that point.

If you read this, I greatly appreciate it. Those familiar with me are most likely also familiar with the feeling of shame that this can bring, even if it is both normal and perfectly fine to ask for help when needed. I struggle with feeling like I deserve to ask for help. It's what made me put this off this long. I'm tired of feeling shame and fear and pain. I want to see my friends. I want to live in a place where I feel safe. I want to live.