Disabled Queer Needs Help!
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Hi there! My name is Owen. I'm nonbinary, queer, trans, & disabled. Specifically, I deal with chronic migraines & have recently been diagnosed with PTSD.
As for many, this has been an incredibly hard year for me. I lost my job due to being too disabled to work, but not disabled enough for disability. I'm currently waiting to hear back on an unemployment application - however, it's been seven weeks since I've been paid.
While I was still technically employed & going through he disability process, I also went several weeks without being paid, which depleted my small amount of savings quite a bit. When I was briefly on unemployment, I managed to save enough to cover May rent, but am now out of funds for June rent. (I'm in a blackhole where my benefit year ended, my job closed at the beginning of COVID & I was on unemployment then, so even though I was off unemployment for a majority of that year, I had no option but to reapply).
I have also been living off a credit card for almost the whole seven weeks of no pay. This means all mandatory living expenses, like groceries & food for my cat, have gone onto a credit card, so I'm now paying interest on things I need to live.
These funds will go towards my $825 rent, groceries, & food for my cat. Any extra funds will go towards my rapidly mounting credit card debt & the utilities I owe my roommate.
I am so incredibly grateful for y'all's help in advance!! It is not easy for me to ask, & means the world for anyone to help me out in this moment. Hopefully unemployment will magically come through tomorrow & I can take this campaign down immediately! In the meantime, the support means the WORLD :)
As for many, this has been an incredibly hard year for me. I lost my job due to being too disabled to work, but not disabled enough for disability. I'm currently waiting to hear back on an unemployment application - however, it's been seven weeks since I've been paid.
While I was still technically employed & going through he disability process, I also went several weeks without being paid, which depleted my small amount of savings quite a bit. When I was briefly on unemployment, I managed to save enough to cover May rent, but am now out of funds for June rent. (I'm in a blackhole where my benefit year ended, my job closed at the beginning of COVID & I was on unemployment then, so even though I was off unemployment for a majority of that year, I had no option but to reapply).
I have also been living off a credit card for almost the whole seven weeks of no pay. This means all mandatory living expenses, like groceries & food for my cat, have gone onto a credit card, so I'm now paying interest on things I need to live.
These funds will go towards my $825 rent, groceries, & food for my cat. Any extra funds will go towards my rapidly mounting credit card debt & the utilities I owe my roommate.
I am so incredibly grateful for y'all's help in advance!! It is not easy for me to ask, & means the world for anyone to help me out in this moment. Hopefully unemployment will magically come through tomorrow & I can take this campaign down immediately! In the meantime, the support means the WORLD :)
Organizer
Owen Meehan
Organizer
Brooklyn, NY
