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secure housing for a sad trans autistic kid

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Hi everyone! My name is Abraham, and I am a 23-year-old autistic trans man. I was raised in a very unsafe environment where I was verbally abused for most of my life. In my senior year of high school, I received a full scholarship to Brown University. I thought that getting a degree at a prestigious university would be enough to help me make enough money to save myself and my family from poverty, but it was not. I had a lot of difficulty at Brown and felt very isolated during my time there. I was homeless for the entirety of my college education and worked three jobs on top of going to school full time to support myself during the breaks. My struggles were constantly ignored by my peers and the administrators at the university. My mental health greatly declined, and I became too burnt out to keep up with my studies. Rather than receiving help, I was told by the administrators that I should work harder to "persevere in the face of adversity". After graduating, I tried to find a well-paying job and was fired after three weeks for not being able to keep up with the workload. I decided to work in construction to give my brain a break, but even that became too difficult for me. My former boss was a Deacon and offered to let me stay with him while I worked to get myself back on my feet. However, his wife told me that I did not deserve to eat or have housing if I did not work. I was ultimately kicked out of the home after being accused of seducing her husband and was not given time to find a new job or secure housing. I am still too burnt out to work and I have asked everyone I know for help only to be told that there is no space for me. I often wonder how this universe can be infinite and, at the same time, not have space for me. I am hoping to raise funds to support myself for the next few months while I work towards finding a job and a stable place to live. Any donations are very appreciated.

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Abraham York
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Atlanta, GA

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