Post #1321820

2026-03-18 17:31 UTC

And that’s before we get to the bleak, bleak, BLEAK picture of employment for Black gender minorities in the U.S. Black cis women ended 2025 with an unemployment rate of 7.5%*, and while I haven’t been able to track down current numbers for Black trans folks of any gender, past reports have Black trans folks at twice the unemployment rate of Black cis folks, more likely to live in poverty than Black cis folks, and generally experiencing higher rates of transphobia than non-Black trans people**. So at this point I think it makes more sense for me to figure out my own ~thing~ than to chase a certain kind of employment in this current fascistic atmosphere. * = https://19thnews.org/2026/01/black-women-unemployment-rate-skyrocketed-2025/ ** = https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Black-Respondents-Report.pdf

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@so_treu@blackqueer.life 2026-03-18 17:33

But I need help to even get to the baseline where I can seriously pursue Head Hustler status without crashing and burning within weeks, let alone get back to writing or to any of the artmaking and digital curation work and nerding out about Blackness I *actually* live for, and wish to develop long-term sustainable practices around. So yah, that’s what this gfm is about, in a nutshell. I gotta hit a hard restart on how I’m living and how I’m approaching life, and this’ll give me just enough breathing room to make some real changes for the better. https://gofund.me/c64de3155

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@amelia@gts.spoonstack.org 2026-03-18 17:33

@so_treu I feel like I'm just barely catching my breath a little bit after the way this year has opened, myself, so, yeah... solidarity :heart_cyber:

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