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Help Jess & Kylie navigate eviction

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We're Jessica & Kylie, two trans women in game development who are facing a short notice, unplanned eviction & things are looking desperate with our ability to see this through to the other side.

The past year has been a steady downward spiral for us: client non-payments putting us in a vice, the state of the games industry making work scarce, and a high local cost of living we've not been able to move away from. We'd like to say we've just about managed to tread water, but truth is we've been falling through a constant cycle of utility cutoffs, skipping meals, and forgoing basic healthcare. We've scraped through this so far with some much appreciated help, but it's all been pretty dire.

In the past week, cover for our rent fell through abruptly and we're about to enter free fall. If we can pull through this, we're going to use it as an opportunity to get ourselves somewhere cheaper, allowing us to actually get on top of things to sort out the mess we've been in. In short: fixing our lives instead of stumbling from crisis to crisis.

Unfortunately, impromptu house moves don't come cheap, and if we had access to the resources to pull this off, we'd have done so long ago. Our first priority is going to be getting our possessions moved out and into storage. The second will be getting the two of us and our cat to somewhere manageable. The third is to clear up any outstanding obligations so that we can get into a fresh start. As we make it through each step, we'll be adjusting the target amount to hit each goal.

After a very tough year, the bottom has now fallen out and we are facing some pretty dire consequences if we don't pull something together. Any assistance toward making through this would go a long way.

Thank you for any help you can give us,
Jess and Kylie
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Donations 

  • Cori Beemish
    • $100
    • 4 mos
  • Alex Hiatt
    • $100
    • 5 mos
  • Anonymous
    • $20
    • 5 mos
  • Anonymous
    • $27
    • 5 mos
  • Andrew Sell
    • $20
    • 5 mos
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Kylie Backstrom
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Portland, OR

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