Little Layla is my soulmate. In early september she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma under her tongue. The life expectancy for this devastating disease is 45 days from diagnosis. We are raising funds to get her lifesaving treatment.

When I adopted her in 2014, I didn't know how my life would change and how her love would hold me in the difficult times ahead.

In 2019 I came out. I had waited as long as I could, holding onto a fantasy where I would be accepted and supported by my family. I was told the same thing that day as I had many times in my childhood, that being gay is a sin, an 'abomination', a slippery slope, 'one step above' child and animal SA abuse.

This was the moment that started a shift. I couldn't live in that fantasy anymore. I had to walk away from the 'love' that required me to shrink. I have put myself in debt paying for Little Layla's treatment up to this point and it is too risky to add more debt without the support of a family system. I have nowhere to go to find soft landing if my finances dry up.

I am asking for your support, support that doesn't require me to love a certain away or to be someone I'm not.

I call Little Layla "momma bear" because she has loved me fiercely and without conditions . She is my family; who I spend lonely holidays with, who is with me when I am sad and when I celebrate. Caring for her has reminded me that I, too, deserve care.

Please help us in making this world a more loving and less prejudice place.