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Introducing Ava Maria
It’s spring and the Faeries, the Mermaids, and the Witchy Fantasy Folks are gathering to celebrate another year of survival. I’ve come to see Pride celebrations as just that. Prayers to the Gods that we, those of us who believe in freedom, in truth, in justice, and in the power of the human spirit, get…
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Videtur Majick Verba Describere Vitae Meae
Or, Appear Majcik Words To Describe My Life. I’m fucking houseless. It used to be my job to help people find housing, or recovery options, or some safe place to be, and now I am in the position of needing someone to advocate for me and it sucks. BUT! I have that ever lasting drop…
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Every Human’s Worst Nightmare Is My Reality: It’s Me…I’m Houseless
How many times have you thought about your problems and secretly thought “At least I’m not them,” when you see someone living on the streets or in a tent? I am guilty of this. No matter what I was going through I was always housed. I was always certain that things were going to turn…
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What Did You Think Was Going To Happen?
One day everything is fine and you’re carrying on and the next day the world implodes and you’re living in a hotel. That’s how it happened. I swear to God. I did the best I could and I assure you it wasn’t enough. I asked for help but the truth is that people didn’t listen…
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David Choe May Have Had The Video Scrubbed But People Won’t Forget
“Wait Wait, Wait, you’re basically saying you raped a girl and got off on it.” Choe: “Yeah, laugh laugh laugh anyways” I will never forget that, and I will never forget the silence from the Asian community about its abusers. We’re talking about pedophiles, rapists, and abusers every fucking day but we’re not going to…
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Resiliant?
Is that what I am being? I am oddly calm though I have my moments where I freak out and stress and even yell. I’m trying hard not to let anxiety win, I’m fighting the only way I know how. By writing every day and accepting that I can’t change all things about my situation,…
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We Gotta Stay Positive
No one who is in a place that I want to be, is someone who hasn’t experienced houselessness at one point or another in their lives. It seems to be a rite of passage to experience hardship before you find a place of comfort and stability. I’ve seen it a million times. People who fall,…
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#LMBGWriterSpotlight @KSHernandez2
KS is one of those rare voices you feel lucky enough to know. While they’re telling you all about their favorite writers, you become enamored with the fact that you’re listening to one of YOUR favorite writers tell you what’s important to them, like friends do. It’s shocking to realize that someone you can legit…
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Happy Birthday to Devon J Hall, by Moi
Yup! It’s my birthday, and instead of celebrating with friends, I am houseless, I have faith that I won’t be forever though you see. I am in a phase of transition, it’s as uncomfortable as it gets. I don’t have my own space, I don’t have my own place, and I am absolutely not where…
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How Did the #DTES Encampment Start and What’s Happening Now?
It started four years ago as a protest against the lack of affordable housing in a traditionally built neighborhood for and by the working class. It started with a tent or two, and the phrase “This is my home,. Now the VPD is on my street, evicting my neighbors, taking their stuff, and throwing it…
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