Hi, my name is Julien (they/them) and I'm fundraising on behalf of my spouse, Anthony (they/them).

Anthony was a participant of the protest against Students For Life of America on March 29th. During the event, they were bodied and blocked by security guards hired by Students For Life of America. During this altercation, they attempted to block a camera man's camera from seeing them/getting a capture of their face that could be used by the right to doxx them. This prompted the security guards to grab them and pull them out of the space -- into the arms of police, who detained Anthony, attempted to drag them into an adjacent room, and bring them to the ground. The police eventually issued a court summons to Anthony for two misdemeanor charges.

For full transparency, it has cost us $3,000 (two months' rent) to cover our legal fees just for this upcoming summons on April 25 -- and that's hoping we don't go to trial. While it may not sound like a lot of money, we already blew through a decent amount of our savings flying down to Florida in February because Anthony's dad passed away -- I also left my job that same month for mental health reasons, so we're down to one income.

The sooner we can raise the $3,000, the sooner we can recover the cost of sending over all of the required paperwork for the court. If we raise more than that, it'll go back to us to help us stay afloat with basic living expenses like rent and groceries as I keep job hunting, or any potential future litigation that comes out of this.

If you read this far, thank you so much ❤️ We truly are grateful for this community and we know this isn't an easy ask. Anything and any amount helps us tremendously.