Kitson...

I'm Kitson - queer, disabled, neurodivergent, Red River Métis, and tasta-ee-iniw (nonbinary transmasc for those who adhere to colonial gender systems). My entire career is based in community / family services, and I had to become an expert on human behaviour in order to survive my childhood.

I first encountered Rhizome's writing on Facebook at least before 2017 (the math is fuzzy) and I was immediately drawn in by the thought processes of an obviously (to me) neurodivergent, nonbinary Black feminist settler writer and artist.

I have witnessed them be subjected to 3 organized online shunnings by younger AFAB "feminists" who were angered by my friend's refusal to be put into a pseudo-parental role without their consent, or be held accountable for the theft of their writings. This has cost them a LOT in terms of followers and monthly subscriptions to their writings.

My friend has also been heavily isolated in their city for their refusal to fall in line with the dominant classist hierarchy within their spheres. Again, this has cost them immensely in terms of lost opportunities to be self sustainable financially.

I value Rhizome a great deal as their own being, and I also value how their writing has shifted my own perspectives. Not everyone can handle their forthright descriptions of the overarching issues built into our society, though I definitely tell my other friends to push through their discomfort when reading their posts about classism and ageism in particular.

Now my friend needs help to find housing for themself and their 17 year old neurodivergent son in a city with horrific rents, with no credit, references, or money.

This is where you come in.

I'm asking you to donate if you have the means, and to share their gofundme within your own social spheres whether or not you donate.

Especially if you can't donate funds.

One of the fastest growing demographics of homeless people in North America is that of people assigned female at birth (AFAB) that are 50+ and with or without children.

Please help me help my friend.

https://www.homelesshub.ca/about-homelessness/population-specific/families-children