Donate to Secure a Safe Future for Kina and Friends

Hi! My name is Kina Renk, and I’m going to be quite honest with you, creating a GoFundMe is terrifying! I’ve thought of making one before but always was scared it wasn’t an important enough issue. Well, until now. I’m 25, in the LGBTQ community, and am a cis woman. With what has unfolded over the last… *checks watch* two days, I’m needing to leave the country. (I currently live in the USA.) I have a country in mind, I’m working on visas, but the funds could use help. I’ll be completely honest, I don’t know an exact number. But the reason my goal is so high is because I have friends who are scared for all of the same reasons. And I, sadly, can’t bring myself to focus on myself and not help friends that are struggling. I won’t be naming names for privacy, but just know that any donations won’t just be helping one person. It would help about 5-7 people keep their rights, and not have to fear for safety.

A bit of a backstory about what I’ve gone through this past year, and why staying in the states is no longer an option for my quality of life, safety, and mental health:

Disclaimer: This is not at all to guilt anyone, trigger anyone, or trauma dump! There are mentions of suicide and self-harm; if you can’t bring yourself to read that stuff, I completely understand.

At the beginning of the year, I was at risk of being homeless. My landlord wanted me out, and finding a place within the state was not going well. Me being me, and in short being a dreamer, came up with an idea on a whim to move to the Philippines. My best friend is there; at the time, I thought I had wonderful friends there. So I took the shot, and well, my best friend's workplace, they hate me! They made my life a living hell. They went as far as acting like him over text and having huge arguments with me, and that caused me to OD not once but three times. To which I was told by a trusted friend at the time to ‘just think positively and pray’ when I said I would be returning to the states to be put on suicide watch. When I returned back, suicide watch was very traumatic due to the medical system for mental health being ABSOLUTE SHIT. This was in June. I’m still trying to get my best friend out of the toxic work environment he is in. I’ve had zero contact with him since I’ve been back, and now with this hellfire of the next 4 years, I can’t even think of staying. I didn’t wanna come back. As well as there is one other person, they used to be like family but we had a falling out, they are nonbinary and queer. And leaving them here, I can’t do that. I’m not going to dive into details on the falling out. But, they don’t deserve this either. Those are 2 of the 7 people that aren’t myself, that any donations would be helping. The others are precious, wonderful people who are either women, POC, or LGBTQ that deserve their rights. So please, I’m asking for your help to allow me to help myself and loved ones. It would mean so, so much.