Help a polyamorous transgender lesbian couple move!

Dear friends,

This fundraiser is for Rin (@lumiose) and Grimm (@Lohresss) To assist with an emergency move from their Michigan home. Rin and Grimm are both disabled transmasc lesbians that struggle to make ends meet due to illness. Their roommate has given them an ultimatum to move in the next two months from their current living situation; their choice is to buy the modular home that the roommate was renting to them, or to be forcefully evicted. This is obviously not a doable option. This move will also eventually accommodate Faust (Twitter @habitorrib), Rin and Grimm’s third partner, and Cross (Twitter @SPARDAISM) who has been trying to no avail to leave his abusive situation at home as well. If all goes to plan, Grimm, Rin, Faust and Cross will all be living together in SoCal by the end of this journey and benefit greatly from any funding possible. Any amount helps!

For more background information: This emergency move was brought to Grimm and Rin’s attention after both parties put up with nearly two years of mess accumulation in the house from their now-former roommate. The roommate in question never moved into their room properly, and brought three animals with them which they did not properly care for. The two cats lived with dirty litter boxes and resorted to defecating on the carpets, which the roommate did not clean. (Grimm has asthma and struggled to do this in their place because of respiratory trouble with harsher cleaning supplies such as bleach.) The dog, who had separation anxiety, was made to stay in one room at all times with a leash holding him to the bed and could not freely wander the house. On top of animal feces (from both the dog and cat), the home was frequently filled with fruit flies from a compounding of dishes and trash from the roommate, no matter how much Grimm and Rin attempted to clean.

The roommate willingly exposed Grimm to COVID-19, which impacted his physical health permanently and has made it even harder for him to work. There has also been frequent circumstances of food that Grimm and Rin saved from the food bank being eaten by their roommate and food being disposed of without asking, which made it even harder for Rin and Grimm to pay them back. Grimm’s dietary issues were not accommodated by their roommate, who routinely exposed Grimm to gluten despite him having a known intolerance.

Grimm and Rin are talented and wonderful people. They are both avid gamers and freelance artists and writers. They are much loved by many people. Rin comes from abusive and toxic family situation that is dangerous to go back to even on a semi-permanent basis; Grimm’s family is severely allergic to dogs and cats, which is an issue for Grimm’s service dog and Rin’s cat. The only current short-term option is currently for them to move back with Rin’s parents, which is not feasible due to the presence of an abuser. Both Grimm and Rin are below the poverty line in terms of what they are making at the moment because of health issues, and are in so much financial debt that their savings are almost entirely drained, leaving them without many options besides crowdfunding efforts. They need as much support and help that they can get during this difficult and stressful time. The funding for this move will go towards not only Grimm and Rin, but all parties that are moving in with them, and every donation (no matter how small) will benefit the safety of an entire group of queer and trans people who desperately need sanctuary.

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Obligatory animal photos:

Ricky (Grimm's service dog)

Shade (Rin's cat)