At home, Glynndana is used to living a modest life. But the past few years have been tougher than others. In 2014, she was evicted from her home and spent more than two months in a women’s shelter before moving into a trailer with a friend. After two years, the trailer fell through, and she moved her belongings into a storage unit. For the next 18 months, she mostly slept on the couches and guest beds of friends and family. When there was nowhere else to go, she slept in her car.
By 2017, Glynndana couldn’t figure out why her weekly paycheck of between $400 and $600—$15.70 an hour before taxes, sometimes with overtime—disappeared so quickly. “I just thought I was being really bad with my money,” she said. She kept her expenses low, resorting to a diet of eggs, cheese, and crackers when necessary, turning down invitations to go out for dinner, and waiting until her gas tank ran out before refilling it. She didn’t want to tell her friends how much she was struggling, and she wouldn’t dare tell her guests, even those she had known for years. Like many of her coworkers, Glynndana loves entertaining Disneyland’s visitors. Even when she felt hungry, worried about unpaid bills, or had nowhere to sleep, coming to work felt like throwing a party. She didn’t want to ruin the magic.
Oh, btw cus I haven’t seen any posts about it yet, the 2018 asexual census survey is up, and people should defiantly go take it so that we can continue to have up to date information on community demographics.
Demographic information, and other information gathered by this survey can help us recognize and address community needs, gain funding for ace community issues, and help us improve research on asexuality.
If I’m trying to fund a group for ace sexual assault survivors, then I want hard numbers to show potential donors that will make them say “yes, this is a problem that I should put money twords”
If I’m doing research on the intersection between trans-antagonism and ace-antagonism then it helps to be able to access data on how many ace people identify as trans/GNC befor I start my research, so I can understand the scale of what I’m looking at.
Demographic information is important for a lot of things and the people who run the ace census very graciously synthesize and provide that information for us for free, so while no one is under any obligation to take the survey, I do highly suggest that you do whether you’re ace or not (they need comparative data as well). They do important work and if you have the time it’s good to participate.
Oh shit, we totally need to do with his name what was done with santorum.
Let THAT be how his name is remembered: as a synonym for a sexual predator who uses his drunken-ess to claim no memory of- and thus, no responsibility for- his behavior.
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