anyway shout out to transhet men and transhet people in general. you're amazing and you didn't "betray" anyone or "abandon" anyone or "become the enemy" - you deserve love, respect, and happiness
I swear how do I know ZERO celebrities. You guys always talk about famous people and I have no idea who the hell you’re talking about but then it turns out they’re the most well known and liked person on earth right now
dumbhairybitch
because all u do is watch phineas and ferb
They sent Candace to the moon the other day.
Please Reblog this like your life depends on it, because ours does.
Frankly, things are bleak for our family. I’ll go into detail with our entire story below, but let me start with a short version: I’m Quill, a transmasc nonbinary person with a family of 5 who have fought tooth and nail to not reach this point, and now thanks to the government’s inaction, we have no choice. I know 25k is a tall order, and I don’t remotely expect this to work, but desperation has made this a necessary attempt and it’s about the amount of money we’d have saved right now had the government acted during the pandemic like every other well off country. Here’s the detailed stuff below: A few years back, my SO Gabriel got hired on to a pretty decently paying job. Problem is, it was in the super homophobic and shitty field of plant work. It paid well tho, which at the time we desperately needed. We were able to actually move into a decently sized home, which became necessary because around the same time, my teenage siblings more or less became homeless. Their options were to live with my neglectful mother, where they regularly starved (I can also back this up as someone who grew up with her and regularly fainted from starvation), or to live with their creepy and abusive father. Clearly we weren’t going to let this happen, so we took them in. At the time, this wasn’t a difficult choice. We had more than enough income to support them and give them a life I wish I had when I was their age. Then, Gabe got fired. Because his hair was a little too long (it was actually because he was Super Left and Super Queer in a really right-wing, homophobic work environment and they had been looking for a reason to fire him anyway). Suddenly we didn’t have the income that had been supporting us, several pets, and two teenagers, despite him having the job for a couple years and doing amazing at it. Since this happened we have basically never recovered, and it has been a daily struggle for the last couple years. We are trying so hard not to lose this house, and thus have to send the kids back to live with their completely unfit parents, probably rehome several pets, and be homeless ourselves. Recently we’ve realized we are poly, and have an additional person (our partner) living with us, but she is basically in the same boat of not having many options. It’s basically work and get coronavirus or don’t work and stay safe. We had a solid plan for getting back on our feet, and then Coronavirus hit. It threw a wrench in our plans, but in the beginning it was somewhat manageable since we had access to unemployment aid. Now, that aid has run out and the government refuses to pass more, or a stimulus check. We have NO INCOME besides what little two artists in the home can pull online in commissions, but it’s impossible to survive on alone. We can’t go out and get jobs, because we can’t risk having coronavirus run through the house and potentially kill someone. Our mortgage has been on forbearance since May, but that forbearance period ends in January 2021. We have no clue if they will let us extend it, or pretend the virus doesn’t exist anymore like so many other companies and expect us to pay up. We can’t. We’ve been barely surviving on commissions and donations, and haven’t had the resources to save up the 20k they will need when they come to collect on the mortgage payments they’ve been putting off. (Oh yeah, did you know that a forbearance period is completely useless? You still owe the full amount at the end of it lol.) So basically? We are squatting. We are so close to losing our living situation that it is palpable, which will throw several people, teenagers and pets into a mad dash to finding a place to live, with NO MONEY TO OUR NAME. We can’t wait anymore for significant stimulus relief, because bills need to be paid now. I understand if there are people out there who think of us as “people who bit off more than they could chew”, but the reality is we are queer and lost our very decent income because we are queer and have been suffering ever since. At the time, with our jobs, we were very comfortable and not living beyond our means at all, teenagers and pets included. The 25k I am asking for will be used as a down payment on a cheaper dwelling, as even if we were to pay off the backed up mortgage payments we owe, we can no longer reasonably afford this mortgage anyway. It’s time to move on and I accept that, and my main goal is to buy something cheap as possible so at the very least our housing situation isn’t threatened at every turn. Why do I need money for a down payment instead of rent? Because in the end, a mortgage is much cheaper monthly, and would provide us with the best shot at becoming more self-sufficient in the future. We have too many pets and too many people to reasonably afford a Rental situation. It would easily run us 2-4k a month to find a place that suits our needs (trust me I’ve been doing the math for months trying to figure out what we can possibly do). With a mortgage and significant down payment (looking in the 40-60k range for a cheap mobile home situation), this price could be below 1k a month, which is possible for us to cover. Any extra money over the 25k goal would be amazing but it’s expected. It would just go toward a bigger down payment, or even outright buying a property. More money now means more self-sufficiency in the future. If you have any more questions or need clarification on something, let me know. I hate to ask for this, but frankly the last year has given me more than enough practice having to beg for help online, so hopefully y'all can understand.
If we could get this to 25k likes/reblogs, and every one of those were to donate a dollar, we would meet our goal. Please don’t underestimate the value of a small donation!
thinking v hard abt matsuhana the past few days ;____________;;///
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it’s still funny to me that the justification for taking away link’s iconic hat in botw was “to make him look cool.” okay why’d you put him in khakis then
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i think the problem is that link is just uncool. you can’t make him cool. its not in his nature. he’s weird. he’s a weirdo. he doesn’t fit in, and he doesn’t WANT to fit in. have you ever seen him without his stupid hat on? that’s weird
which one of you motherfuckers am i gonna think about today (reaches blindly into my comfort character basket)
i hope more people do this in the future ❤️
My favourite part of the article is that they formed this project years before they were able to make it a reality, and in the meantime “each friend has made sure [to] specialize in an area that would benefit all of them when they moved in together—from cooking and growing vegetables to traditional Chinese medicine and playing music.”
I keep joking that me and a few friends should do this but I’m not really joking
We need this. We need more of this.
…in many parts of the US, you can’t legally do this, because zoning laws don’t allow that many non-relatives to live together. It’s called “Single-Family Zoning.” It’s used to keep poor people from sharing resources and move into neighborhoods that none of them could afford on their own, often disguised as “we don’t want rowdy college students taking over.”
!!!IMPORTANT FOR BLACK US VOTERS!!!
I saw this on Facebook and went to check my registration status, sure it was fine because I voted recently, but I put in the info and it said I’m not registered
PLEASE, especially if you’re a Black voter, check your registration status at vote.org
Know your status
Does your last name sound anything like Lopez, Martinez, or Rodriguez? Mine does. When I saw this post I checked my voter registration status online with my state. Despite registering just three months ago, I was no longer registered to vote, and I did not receive my ballot. If you live in a mail-in voting state and you didn’t get your ballot, contact your county election official/county clerk for a replacement.
Make sure you check with your state’s voting site as well. I just had the shit scared out of me because that website said I was registered, but when I checked my state’s site (and made sure I had the right county selected) it said I was registered.
It’s worth checking your state’s site every few months anyway (especially when any election is coming up).
rowantheexplorer
Texas is definitely purging voters. They’re also making it harder to re-register if they purged you. I hate that this is true, but POC will need to check and check frequently to stay registered in Texas.
College students, too. In the 2014 election, I had to vote in San Marcos, and I can’t tell you how many Texas State students were turned away because they didn’t cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s on getting their registration transferred and current.
i use a site called TurboVote run by a nonprofit that sends me reminders based on where im registered to vote before every election. it sends me an email to remind me to check my registration, to apply for absentee ballots, etc. it’s helpful so that you can check if you’ve been purged regularly (and participate in the local races that never get any publicity); https://turbovote.org/
Please register and check with your town/city hall often to make sure you are still registered. Please vote.
