hello, my name is Ashley. you may known me online as Digital Love. i am a transgender woman living in poverty in Mississippi. on April 8th, news broke that the state passed SB2322, an anti-trans drivers license bill similar to the one recently enacted in Kansas. SB2322 is now on its way to the governor's desk and will assuredly become law. on paper, this bill is not quite as extreme as the Kansas bill, as it lacks the language of instant invalidation. however, i do not trust the state to operate within the lines of the bill for a variety of reasons. Mississippi has already attacked trans youth with multiple harmful bills (HB1125, SB2536), as well as banning trans women from women's prisons (HB188), and trans people from bathrooms in public education buildings (SB2753). SB2322 reaches even wider, further targeting transgender adults by invalidating our primary form of identification: our driver's licenses. anyone presenting an "invalid" ID will be referred to I.C.E. by the arresting officer. i am a courier. i drive for a living. under the circumstances, i feel that i must treat this bill as a red line. i have lived here for 15 years. my partner and i recently celebrated our 10th anniversary. i have friends, family, five dogs, and i am autistic. i do not want to do this. but i fear that waiting will only bring more legislation that could leave me with no chance of escape. i have to leave. in a slightly better world, i would be able to leave and take my family with me. unfortunately, we don't live in that world. i have a sister that can take me in, far away in a blue state with protections. but the reality is: unless we receive a miracle i will be forced to go alone, leaving my loved ones behind for an unknown amount of time. my dream is to raise enough money that we can all relocate together. realistically, i need to raise enough money to get started on my own so my family and i can work towards being reunited. i hope that you will help me.
the campaign goal is on a sliding scale, it'll increase as people donate. all donations will go to my relocation, anything over my personal necessities will go towards whatever it takes to move my family. down payment on a home, deposits for a rental, whatever it takes.
