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Moving to safe & sacred home
Dear Ones
As a recent Queer Gender Non Conforming survivor of domestic violence I need support to gather resources and money to find a stable, safe and sacred space to move within the next 10 days.
UPDATE: I am fundraising to raise $4100 in 10 days.
This exact time last year, I I found myself making the most important decision of my life as my life as I knew it would never be the same. Jan 1st 2015, I was happily married to my wife and living in the South Bronx, struggling to come to terms with the fact that my marriage was over a long time ago.
Coming to terms with being a DV victim as a trans person is very hard even as we approach 2016 as there are scarce resources for our community including the fact that no one believes that two Queer LGBT folk can actually be in a DV situation. It takes a brave person to leave anyway knowing that the struggle ahead would be hard.
Since, I left I have moved 5 times since March 2015 and I need to move again in the next ten days. I’ve exhausted my resources. Its been a scary process and I’ve felt alone on this journey. Homeless shelters aren’t an option for people like myself (gender non conforming/trans*) because homeless shelters aren’t a safe space.
Coming into the New Year I am giving up that I can do this alone and asking for support from my community. I am in gratitude for the emotional, mental and spiritual support that everyone in my life gave me in 2015 and I am ready to make a BIG Request from anyone who can.
I’m not always sure how to do this and realizing I need more help than I am used to asking for. Sigh. As I struggle with disclosing this i am reminded it’s ok to ask for support. It’s ok to get out of my own way/pride to say what’s happening. to speak even when im fearful and crying.
You all give me hope. SO IN ADDITION, I am excited to share that the first $2,100 will go towards securing a scared safe space. Any money raised after that will go towards
1. Getting a van to move.
2. Toiletries
3. Bed sheets
4. Getting food
5. Buying furniture and any other things the apt may not come with.
I am fundraising to raise $4100 in 10 days. The money will go to first, last months rent & security deposit. I graduated with my MFA also last year and have been using my social justice artist and activist role to make films about injustice in the world. A safe space will ensure that as a media artist and professor I have a place to call home and continue to fight for myself and others.
Every energy and dollar helps. Please post this in your networks and communities.
You can check out my work at www.seyiadebanjo.com
https://vimeo.com/60815981
https://www.facebook.com/SeyiAdebanjoCommunity
thank you
seyi
Dear Ones
As a recent Queer Gender Non Conforming survivor of domestic violence I need support to gather resources and money to find a stable, safe and sacred space to move within the next 10 days.
UPDATE: I am fundraising to raise $4100 in 10 days.
This exact time last year, I I found myself making the most important decision of my life as my life as I knew it would never be the same. Jan 1st 2015, I was happily married to my wife and living in the South Bronx, struggling to come to terms with the fact that my marriage was over a long time ago.
Coming to terms with being a DV victim as a trans person is very hard even as we approach 2016 as there are scarce resources for our community including the fact that no one believes that two Queer LGBT folk can actually be in a DV situation. It takes a brave person to leave anyway knowing that the struggle ahead would be hard.
Since, I left I have moved 5 times since March 2015 and I need to move again in the next ten days. I’ve exhausted my resources. Its been a scary process and I’ve felt alone on this journey. Homeless shelters aren’t an option for people like myself (gender non conforming/trans*) because homeless shelters aren’t a safe space.
Coming into the New Year I am giving up that I can do this alone and asking for support from my community. I am in gratitude for the emotional, mental and spiritual support that everyone in my life gave me in 2015 and I am ready to make a BIG Request from anyone who can.
I’m not always sure how to do this and realizing I need more help than I am used to asking for. Sigh. As I struggle with disclosing this i am reminded it’s ok to ask for support. It’s ok to get out of my own way/pride to say what’s happening. to speak even when im fearful and crying.
You all give me hope. SO IN ADDITION, I am excited to share that the first $2,100 will go towards securing a scared safe space. Any money raised after that will go towards
1. Getting a van to move.
2. Toiletries
3. Bed sheets
4. Getting food
5. Buying furniture and any other things the apt may not come with.
I am fundraising to raise $4100 in 10 days. The money will go to first, last months rent & security deposit. I graduated with my MFA also last year and have been using my social justice artist and activist role to make films about injustice in the world. A safe space will ensure that as a media artist and professor I have a place to call home and continue to fight for myself and others.
Every energy and dollar helps. Please post this in your networks and communities.
You can check out my work at www.seyiadebanjo.com
https://vimeo.com/60815981
https://www.facebook.com/SeyiAdebanjoCommunity
thank you
seyi