PLEASE HELP A DISABLED TRANS WOMAN STAY ALIVE
Hello, I am making a new post because that seems to result in more notes/reaction and I would really like more people to see/respond to this.
Basically my friend Charlotte, a disabled trans woman, urgently needs help to survive, stay housed, and stay safe in a very fucked up world. She has been homeless for the past 16 years, and has lived through numerous traumatic experiences, any one of which would be horrifying to recount. I made an initial post about Charlotte, with a link to GoFundMe. That post also has updates about urgent support she needs to fight abuse by the criminal legal system, which you can read about with the link above. In previous posts I had avoided going into explicit detail about Charlotte’s disability. With her permission, I wanted to make a post sharing those details, with the hope that this information would spur more people to donate.
Charlotte has extremely serious heart problems, cPTSD, and has had multiple debilitating heart attacks in recent years, due to physically and emotionally traumatic and stressful experiences. Doctors have let her know that it is IMPERATIVE for her to get on SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) because she could die from having to work a full time job. The GoFundMe is set up in the hopes that she can ride out a few months without having to worry about how bills will be paid, so she can focus on what she really needs- navigating the disgustingly complicated SSDI application process. Right now she is working a part time job at FedEx that is physically unsustainable, and damaging her body, just so she can try to stay on top of expenses. Every day she worries if she will have another heart attack. She shouldn’t have to risk her life and well being in order to not be homeless. I’m reaching out for help, because I don’t want her to die, and I hope the serious urgency will convince more people to help out.
[IMAGE ID: A text message conversation that reads:
“Are you ok if I share some screenshots from your texts with me where you go into detail? (Personal info redacted ofc) I won’t if you don’t want me to, but sometimes a clear anecdote is helpful. I can also just summarize.”
“Yes you can, I’m just worried about having another one. I’m actually not supposed to do work according to the doctor I had in Colorado, but I’m so worried about surviving that I will risk it versus being homeless again because that will kill me too.” /END IMAGE ID]
[IMAGE ID: A text message conversation that reads:
“The 40 hour work week is monstrous for people’s bodies. 1200 boxes an hour?? That is bananas wtf.”
“I only work 25 hours a week with a bonus for being on time for all of my shifts. It’s a box every three seconds.”
“That is fucking cruel Jesus Christ”
“Yeah, I’m going to have another heart attack lol”
“I got to pay my bills so I’m going to suck it up and endure it.”
[IMAGE ID: a text conversation that reads:
“ Are you ok if I share more details about the fact that you have had chronic heart problems! I don’t want to violate your privacy but I want more people to donate if they can, and I hope that more people will if they realize how urgent and important it is. IDK you just deserve a little bit of a break!”
“Yes that would help it’s why I wanted to go on SSDI after I got off last night I had chest pains and had to rest before I biked home.”
I know the combined maelstrom of the pandemic, climate disasters, and white supremacist violence has catastrophically wrecked many peoples’ lives, and no one should feel like they have to send more than they can or compromise their own situation. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading this far. But if you can spare it, or have some rich cousin who can (lol but really), Charlotte really needs it. Her life is at stake.
CHARLOTTE’S CASHAPP: $charlotterose86
VENMO ME with the subject “for Charlotte” : @/ruby_arnone
