Hello everyone. My name is Cassia Barns, originally known by Charles Barns. I’m a trans woman who was thrown out of her house last night by transphobic parents. This past weekend, I asked my mother if I could attend Pride in NYC. After flipping out on me for an hour, she demanded to know why I would want to associate myself with “those people”, and that’s the moment I came out as trans to her. My mother presumably told my father, and last night they told me to leave the house because they don’t want to see me anymore.
All I currently have on me is my phone, charger, two changes of clothes, a blanket, and seven dollars in change and singles. I have about $9 in my bank account as well. I contacted my uncle last night to see if he could come up and get me (he lives in North Carolina and is the only family member I came out to before this whole incident) but he’ll be in Toronto until the 9th and can’t leave because of his job. I have to fend by myself until then, and unfortunately the area I am in right now is not a good one and not really safe to be in at night. I don’t have really close friends who I can ask to just stay at their place, and the two I asked have strict parents who either said no or don’t respect my identity/won’t support it.
My friend Miki told me to make a blog and spread the word to see if anyone could help me. I am currently in the Paterson, New Jersey area. I just turned 18 two weeks ago. I used to do commissions and will gladly do some as soon as I can get to a computer and somehow get my tablet back from my room.
I’m not sure how this really works but I just made a paypal, [email protected], and am trying to figure out how to link it to my bank account. Even if you could donate $1 it would be a big help. This would all go towards food, as I know that I won’t have enough to rent an apartment or anything and am just looking to survive for a few days.
If you cannot donate it’s fine as well, I would appreciate any advice or helpful things you could tell me. I’ve never been on my own before and it’s terrifying, and I’m upset about my parents but hopefully down the line they’ll learn to accept and love me. They’re highly religious and conservative so I don’t necessarily blame them, it’s just the way they were brought up.
Thank you so much for reading, sorry if I don’t respond to replies or private messages right away, I’m trying to check my phone as little as possible so I won’t have to worry about finding somewhere to charge it. I appreciate it.
