Save the Cuties

This is a fundraising effort to help certain people that deserve to have a significantly happier and safer life. We aim to help make that a reality.

The two people we are endeavoring to help are AeroCookie and Loopie.

(Left to right is Loopie then AeroCookie)

Both have prepared statements to describe their situations.

AeroCookie's Statement:

"I have been transitioning during the past year, something that is looked upon in my country, me living in Central Asia, even small LGBT community seems to be less accepting of trans people. And if my parents were to find out that I am a trans, it is likely that I will be thrown out of my home, or even more likely - my parents are going to take complete control of my life and force to stop my medication, which is going to have quite bad side effects. This is only one of the reasons for why I am currently trying to leave the country.

I have been receiving threats in DMs, on social platforms, threatened of blackmail and outright harm, threats of my pictures being hang around town, my private information being spread. There were a fair amount of people that knew where I lived, several times proceeded to give accurate descriptions of my appearance after I came from going out with friends. Not too long ago I found someone written something on the wall near my apartment door. This place is not safe for me.

Currently, applying for asylum is my only option, most of the countries I would be able to work without a visa are either equally or even less LGBT friendly than where I live right now.

Contacted work and immigration agencies many times, but most only offer student programs that will take too long or to expensive to consider.

Most of the agents outright told that since I am only 23 (Despite me having a degree), I have 0 chance of getting a work visa in any of the countries I have been considering, as in, any of the LGBT-friendly ones.

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Of other things, I have been robbed several times for simply looking "Too gay", getting weird looks from people, getting insults as I am walking on the street. The instances of someone following me in the evening, some random guy jumping at me from a dark alleyway and forcing to run, groups of guys I am walking past wanting to "Have a talk". Countless of situation where I got hurt in one way or another. While it is not illegal being gay or anything else, police doesn't put any effort into helping you if something happened. I was hold at police station once after I was robbed for hours without even an ability to call my parents.

Most of these things happened even before I started taking hormones, and it is not getting better."

Loopie's Statement:

"Like many of you, I've found great comfort in VR and the social space it provides. Through it, I've had the opportunity to explore my sexuality and gender with people from all around the world. I've been given a space where I am free to be whoever I want, free to look inside and blossom. And the slow development of liking having a girl OC, wearing fem clothing, raising the pitch of my voice and dying from being called cute has been wonderful. And the question recently has been: Am I trans? Because irl I'm a 6'4 dude with facial hair and a deep voice. I'm still stuck living with a family who, while they aren't abusive, drag me down with death by a thousand cuts. Coming out as gay was hard enough, coming out as trans would feel impossible to justify.

At the moment I just want to live somewhere else. I just want to spend more time with friends, making cute things, not having to be as quiet as possible and feel guilty about even going to the toilet. I want my own space where I can be me, and that includes ordering thigh highs, shaving all my body, trying out girl things without interrogation and scrutiny. This money would be a huge help to that, you've no idea how much of my life would change. There are times my job feels better than being back home; that a weekend feels like prison.

I'd greatly appreciate anything you can offer and pledge to pay it forward - pledge to truly live as myself, make something meaningful out of my existence and hopefully inspire others. There's a cute girl inside, and no matter what it manifests as I just have to get over this irl hurdle right now. So thank you, even for reading this, thank you so much. You're giving me the hope to move forward and I am truly, deeply appreciative. Thank you."