Pearl and Eve escape unsafe home after hate crime

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Hello! I'm Pearl, I'd like to tell you a bit about us! I'm writing this on behalf of myself and my partner Eve, who has early onset dementia and epilepsy. She's been my wonderful wife of 6 years. We are a queer, sapphic household with Eve being a lesbian and me non-binary and pan. We're not legally married but, did have a Scandinavian style ceremony on a volcano in Portland, OR. We lived in the same home for several years until Covid hit and I was laid off from work. We chose to move to AZ in order to be closer to Eve's family and because, the Covid spike wasn't as bad in the area. We both have chronic conditions leaving us more susceptible to Covid than some others so, we need to take extra precautions. In addition to being Eve's partner, I am also her caretaker. I work part time as a line cook in a local restaurant and spend my other time helping Eve with meals, shopping, paying bills on time, administering meds as needed, household chores and anything else she needs. I don't typically ask for this type of assistance but, I'm at a loss as to what to do after being attacked in the middle of the night... On August 16th at 2 AM, someone launched a rock through our bedroom window and peeled out. We suspect the rock was launched with and small, handmade cannon because, it managed to fly 20 feet across my bedroom, over my bed and another 10 feet into the next toom, making a deafening sound(our ears rang for a few days at least). This was after going through the screen, impacting the window, ripping through metal mini blinds (literally tore a slat in half), and a set of curtains. I was awake, had I been sitting up at the time, the rock would have hit me in the face. There was glass everywhere, blood from me hitting the deck on top of the glass, and a gaping hole in the window. It was actually not until after they left that we realized it wasn't gun shots. Afterwards, I was afraid to be in front of the window while I was cleaning up so, I hurt myself while attempting to hit the deck again after hearing someone run up. I dove into the bed post, fell, hit my head and bashed my wrists into the bed frame-- thankfully I had cleaned up the floor of glass by that point. I could not afford to miss work so, I was going with a concussion anyway. The headaches have been awful, the impulsiveness is awkward, the confusion is causing constant mistakes and the depression is making everything damn near impossible. It's typically a bad sign to have emotional changes after head trauma-- I'm not normally reckless, impulsive or severely depressed (on my meds). We have had more issues since. Eve has been followed out of shops within walking distance of our home. I've had someone follow me in my car and we still have folks stealing our mail or setting of fireworks out front. We feel unsafe and are quite concerned things are going to escalate. These events are making me nervous to leave Eve at home during work and to be coming home after dark. I'm hoping to raise enough money to get us away from our, now, unsafe home after being attacked in a hate crime last month. We are looking at places in Oregon, it will be the best place for us. Eve can get her medical needs met and hopefully get her disability benefits sorted out. If we can do that I can be paid to caretake, which means more time spent at home not aggravating my repetitive motion injuries and Eve will feel safer and better cared for. As an aside, please don't out people in public. It's just a general rule with LGBTQ+ people. 

by Pearl Gerrity
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Hello! I'm Pearl, I'd like to tell you a bit about us! I'm writing this on behalf of myself and my partner Eve, who has early onset dementia and epilepsy. She's been my wonderful wife of 6 years. We are a queer, sapphic household with Eve being a lesbian and me non-binary and pan. We're not legally married but, did have a Scandinavian style ceremony on a volcano in Portland, OR. We lived in the same home for several years until Covid hit and I was laid off from work. We chose to move to AZ in order to be closer to Eve's family and because, the Covid spike wasn't as bad in the area. We both have chronic conditions leaving us more susceptible to Covid than some others so, we need to take extra precautions. In addition to being Eve's partner, I am also her caretaker. I work part time as a line cook in a local restaurant and spend my other time helping Eve with meals, shopping, paying bills on time, administering meds as needed, household chores and anything else she needs.

I don't typically ask for this type of assistance but, I'm at a loss as to what to do after being attacked in the middle of the night...
On August 16th at 2 AM, someone launched a rock through our bedroom window and peeled out. We suspect the rock was launched with and small, handmade cannon because, it managed to fly 20 feet across my bedroom, over my bed and another 10 feet into the next toom, making a deafening sound(our ears rang for a few days at least). This was after going through the screen, impacting the window, ripping through metal mini blinds (literally tore a slat in half), and a set of curtains. I was awake, had I been sitting up at the time, the rock would have hit me in the face. There was glass everywhere, blood from me hitting the deck on top of the glass, and a gaping hole in the window. It was actually not until after they left that we realized it wasn't gun shots.

Afterwards, I was afraid to be in front of the window while I was cleaning up so, I hurt myself while attempting to hit the deck again after hearing someone run up. I dove into the bed post, fell, hit my head and bashed my wrists into the bed frame-- thankfully I had cleaned up the floor of glass by that point. I could not afford to miss work so, I was going with a concussion anyway. The headaches have been awful, the impulsiveness is awkward, the confusion is causing constant mistakes and the depression is making everything damn near impossible. It's typically a bad sign to have emotional changes after head trauma-- I'm not normally reckless, impulsive or severely depressed (on my meds).

We have had more issues since. Eve has been followed out of shops within walking distance of our home. I've had someone follow me in my car and we still have folks stealing our mail or setting of fireworks out front. We feel unsafe and are quite concerned things are going to escalate. These events are making me nervous to leave Eve at home during work and to be coming home after dark.

I'm hoping to raise enough money to get us away from our, now, unsafe home after being attacked in a hate crime last month. We are looking at places in Oregon, it will be the best place for us. Eve can get her medical needs met and hopefully get her disability benefits sorted out. If we can do that I can be paid to caretake, which means more time spent at home not aggravating my repetitive motion injuries and Eve will feel safer and better cared for.

As an aside, please don't out people in public. It's just a general rule with LGBTQ+ people. 
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