May 2012
159 posts
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NEED COUCH - BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
I live in Hayward, and need a new place to live, I am ok and in fact unable to move until sometime after August, but the place I am at is emotionally trans* hostile so its nothing I would try to hard to bargain for extra time unless absolutely desperate…
I am a pre-everything transwomen looking for long term housing, with hopes of aquiring a job to start transitioning and if needed,...
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HAVE COUCH - MADISON, WISCONSIN
Have a couple couches at my house in Madison, WI.
Live with 2 roommates and specifics are negotiable/flexible. Food and a shower available.
We are all queer and have close trans friends who will be around. It is definitely a safe spot with caring and friendly people :)
One roommate has a dog and the other roommate has a partner who stays over sometimes with their dog. Both dogs are very...
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NEED COUCH - SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Two transguys in their mid-20s looking for a couch to crash on in San Diego (preferably near Hillcrest, North Park, University Heights, or other neighborhoods around Balboa Park, but anywhere in San Diego would still be helpful) for 4 nights: June 8th to June 12th. Cats, dogs, or any other pets are cool. We’ll be renting a car for getting around, so access to public transportation...
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NEED COUCH - ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
My cis female partner and I (I’m genderqueer) are driving to Asheville in early July for a new job and are looking for a place where we could set up our tent for as long as a few weeks, maybe in someone’s backyard, while we look for housing. We’ll be pretty strapped, financially, until we start work (in August), but we could definitely help out with chores and cooking, etc.
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SUBLET AVAILABLE IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC (and also, we...
MORE INFO AVAILABLE ON MY CL POST HERE: http://montreal.fr.craigslist.ca/sub/3046588454.html
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HAVE COUCH- SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
We are a couple- one genderqueer& the other lady, with a dog (he hasn’t yet proffered his ID yet) who live in a 200 year old cottage in Shropshire. We’re around a 10 minute walk from the nearest shopping complex and 15 minute walk from the train station. Cities such as Birmingham are around a 45 minute train ride.
The main rules are no smoking in the house (one of us is a smoker...
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NEED COUCH (long term) - MANCHESTER, UNITED...
I’m a queer trans* person who currently lives in Leeds (UK) but want to move to Manchester in July. I’m in need of queer/trans-friendly housemate(s) or household to join. My contract ends 30th of June so running out of time here. If I don’t find someone I’ll have to find a 1 bed and live alone, which isn’t my favourite thing. My vital stats are: meat eater, non-smoker...
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NEED COUCH - CINCINNATI, OHIO
Genderfluid here. I was kicked out of my house by an overbearing father who had put his hands on me for as little as the dishes not being done before he got home. I’m currently staying with a friend now, but I need somewhere else to go if it comes to that point. I don’t have a lot of money, and I don’t have a job yet, but I’m an artist, and I make a bit doing...
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NEED COUCH - PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
I was planning on going to the philadelphia trans* conference the 30th through the 3rd. My housing there fell through as far as a know and I was wondering if anyone could house me and a friend, both trans* males. I am a smoker but am willing to do it outside. We are both quiet and respectful. We wont be at the house very much due to the times of the conference. We basically just need somewhere to...
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HAVE COUCH - PORTSMOUTH, UK
I have a single couch (or air bed) available in windy Portsmouth, UK. I am a non-binary/neutrois individual living on my own with a pet rabbit (allergy-sufferers beware!). I am a vegetarian, however I do not apply this to guests, it just means there is not typically meat around. It is a non-ground-floor apartment, there is a lift, and the building is technically disability-accessible, but I would...
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HAVE COUCH - NORTHSIDE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Hey! I am J, and I live on the Northside of Chicago, right near the Blue line (Damen).
I am a non-cis man, and I live with my partner, a cis man, and our two friends, a cishet couple. We have a spare twin bed in a private room. There are two indoor cats.
We all smoke cigarettes, outside only, and I will occasionally smoke pot (again outside). My roommates are drinkers; my partner and I rarely...
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NEED COUCH - SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
Hi, my name is Kazu and I’m a 20 year old Transgendered female. I was kicked out of my parents house after coming out and lost my support from them. I now live in San Francisco, but recently just got a full time job in Santa Rosa, though I work graveyard hours (Midnight-8:30am).
I can provide 100% for myself, including food. The only thing I would ask for is just a couch, or a corner I can...
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NYC Housing Resources
In response to the recent ‘Need Couch’ NYC post, here are two options for finding housing (rentals and sublets):
Queer Housing Nacional - “a public space for queer women of color and our allies seeking/offering long/short term housing anywhere.” Most of the posts are for Brooklyn/NYC apartments.
The Listings Project - Not specifically lgbt, but an interesting network with...
Anonymous asked: Have you heard of the Rainbow Roommates program for New York?
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NEED COUCH - NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
trans* friendly housing needed, NYC
handling-it:
So, I have not secured my housing for next semester, since I lost my final appeal and won’t be able to live on campus. I have been digging around and looking for rooms or places to live. There are some options that I’m checking out now but it’s daunting.
Mainly I’m concerned about living with people who I don’t know while I’m in the middle of...
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NEED COUCH - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Hey all! My friend and I are going to be driving up to Sydney for him to get surgery on June 14th. We really need a place to stay while he recovers (we can’t afford a hotel and it wouldn’t be safe for him to sleep in my car). I’ll be taking care of him and not bothering you, and he will mostly be sleeping and resting. We would bring all of our own food and I could even help out...
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HAVE COUCH - HOPEWELL JUCTION, NEW YORK
Hey, I’m Josh. I’m a 20 year old transguy living in Hopewell Junction. Near Poughkeepsie/Wappingers/Hyde Park/Fishkill and close to a Metro North station. I still live at home, but I’ve got a couch and a bed in my room and I can have people over whenever so it would be no problem at all to have someone crash for a few days or whatever. 420 friendly, alcohol ok, smoking is cool...
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NEED COUCH - LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
I am a 23-year-old queer trans man currently staying at the KT House (LA Gay Center’s youth shelter), but I only have about 16 days left in the emergency overnight program and I do not qualify for their transitional living program. I am waiting to get into PATH Hollywood (People Assisting the Homeless), until my girlfriend gets her apartment where I can crash on her couch (probably in July),...
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NEED COUCH - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Hey. My name is Dillon. I’m a twenty year old African American transman. I was forced to withdrawal from my third year at UCSC two weeks ago and came up to San Francisco because I was kicked out of my dorm, can’t stay with family, and have no where else to go. I’ve since been staying at a youth shelter when they have available beds and wandering around SF at night when they...
Anonymous asked: are people allowed to offer their space even if all they have to offer is some heated floor space and extra blankets?
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HAVE COUCH - GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA
Inclusive, welcoming and anti-oppression oriented home has lots of space for folks needing a place to crash. During the summer months, the house will have 3 cis-gendered people living in it, two young women and a lad all of whom have varying amounts of experience with professional support work and crisis training. The house isn’t exactly wheel-chair friendly, however the one small step up to...
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HAVE COUCH - ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, UK
Three bedroom house, with a spare bedroom and bed. The house itself is effectively detached. The bedrooms are upstairs, and the downstairs is wheelchair accessible. There are support rails in the bathroom for both the toilet and the shower. I do also have a couch on the ground floor (wheelchair accessible).
No smoking inside (tobacco or weed) but outside in the garden is ok.
I have a pet...
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HAVE COUCH - BAY AREA (NORTH OAKLAND), CALIFORNIA
Hi, I am a 25yo queer mixed (white and Latina) cis-woman with a couch available in north oakland (by the MacArthur bart). I live with my sister, a 20yo cis-woman…she’s moving out soon, so I wanted to offer up my couch to a queer or trans kid for a long-term stay…totally free, though it’d be nice if you could do a lil tidying up or something in exchange (i’m kinda...
Anonymous asked: I'm currently staying with someone I met on here and it's been great. Since tumblr doesn't seem to have an option to reply to posts, is there a way to write reviews on couches?
jonesinforjosie asked: I thought couches were just short term offers as opposed to actual roommates
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HAVE COUCH - BRANDON, MANITOBA, CANADA
~One bedroom apartment on the 3rd floor of a split house (not wheelchair-accessible, unfortunately, but not bad for a person with crutches to access if they’ve had some practice on stairs)
~Non-smoking inside but there’s a private patio attached to the fire escape that the landlords have given the OK as a smoking area.
~No pets allowed as per the lease, so those with allergies should...
jonesinforjosie asked: Any idea how to find more stable housing that is trans or trans friendly? Like roommates and such?
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HAVE COUCH - QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS
I have a couch for folks to crash on for a few days. Apartment has 2 cats, so you’d have to be OK with that (they’re friendly :)). If you smoke, please do so outside. I don’t use drugs/420 so please don’t use them or bring them in my house. Otherwise, I’m cool :)
Tumblr: http://realnursetalk.tumblr.com/
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RESOURCE - LGBT Transitional Housing @ the LA Gay...
hi all, i don’t have a place for anyone to stay, but I have heard that the LA Gay & Lesbian center have short- and long-term facilities available to queer homeless youth under 24 years old. if you’re in the LA area, you might want to check out the Jeff Griffith Youth Center (short-term & emergency use) and the Transitional Living Program (long-term). the Jeff Griffith Youth...
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HAVE COUCH - WEST SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
I have a couch and a bunk bed, though it is in a pretty remote place, and would be difficult to access for anyone in a wheelchair or using crutches. I’m going to be leaving on May 29th, but anyone who needs a place until then (and after June 21st) is more than welcome.
I can provide food for almost any diet, so please let me know if you’re allergic to/can’t eat a certain thing.
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HAVE COUCH - LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA
As of June 2nd I’ll have a couch/floor in London, Ontario, Canada, available for a night or two - any longer can be discussed. Fully accessible one-bedroom apartment. As of right now, no pets but I am looking into getting a couple of cats. My food situation isn’t the greatest - at the moment I only have rice and a dwindling supply of frozen chicken and meatballs. Typically I eat high...
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HAVE COUCH - ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
I’m a 21 year-old student living in Ann Arbor, MI. I’m white, genderqueer/mtf, currently male-presenting. I live in the student co-ops around the University of Michigan campus. As of September, I will be living in a vegetarian co-op. 25 people at my current house, 15 at my September- April house, all of varying gender identities and sexual orientations, but almost exclusively cis....
sexodolorpudor-deactivated20120 asked: do you have anything like this for lgb people? im not trans but im looking for a place to stay in NYC until next tuesday... :(
skylineprophet asked: To the anon who spoke about wanting to help trans* youth as a career: Might I suggest looking into Social Work? :)
Anonymous asked: Something came over me when I was reading this blog. I suddenly feel like when I'm older I want to help trans people find housing/safe spaces, have some kind of job like that.
Anonymous asked: A friend of mine just killed herself. Her partner and her were being evicted and were having major trouble finding somewhere new to live because she was trans. Wanted to say that what you're trying to do is so amazingly important keep it up trans people deserve somewhere they can be safe and you're helping keep people alive.
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HAVE COUCH - TUSCON, ARIZONA
I had to re-post because I’ve changed the link to my Tumblr so here goes!:
My boyfriend and I have a couch and floor to anyone needing to crash for a night or two(Anything longer would have to be discussed further as we are in dire straits when it comes to finances right now). He is bisexual while I am sapiosexual. We are your allies.
We have two friendly cats and we live upstairs...
Anonymous asked: You might also need to advise people to check out housing laws in their state. For instance, in Texas, if someone spends one night in your home, they are considered a resident and must be officially evicted to make them leave. I found that out the hard way once.
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RESOURCE- Information for those seeking to help...
Every state has different laws on what can be done for displaced minors, in some states helping them can land you in serious hot water. This is a US resource, but it has all of the laws regarding what you can do for them in there. Sheltering them is near the end. It has a Table of Contents.
http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/alone%20Without%20A%20Home1.pdf
lifeaseli asked: If I'm a minor but my dad is okay with having other minors stay, would that be of any help? :/
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RESOURCE
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
For anyone who wants to help displaced kids. yaoiandhistory:
Lots of queer minors are being displaced and I’m seeing it all over Tumblr. This gives a state-by-state listing of laws regarding runaways/unaccompanied minors. I wouldn’t want any of the good people on Tumblr who’d take them in to get into trouble. Anyone who wants to help should read the section on their...
iheldtegenstemmer asked: for people who don't have a couch or space to lend out or don't want to take in minors, people could offer blankets, food, pillows etc which I know isn't always enough, but it's a start
incandescentquill asked: To respond to previous anon: it seems obvious that housing seekers and housing providers are liable for whatever legal risks they're undertaking. This is very clearly not anything resembling a legal advice blog. There's also places where violating lease terms or having too many unrelated people in an apartment is against various laws. That stuff's complicated, folks should do...
Anonymous asked: I have a question. How do you deal with all of the people looking for housing who are under 18? That's a dangerous situation. Since they're so young, the people they're staying with can be charged for kidnapping (at least in my state). Doesn't this pose a problem? :(
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HAVE COUCH - MACON/WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA
I live in a two bed two bath house in the Warner Robins area of Georgia, and live with two other roommates. We’re willing to hold someone over for 1-2 weeks while the get stuff straighten out if need be. Meals, shower, place to hang out if needed also available. Roommate is 420 positive and smokes *but outside only. Booze is ok. No Hard drugs. No cats (roommate is allergic). Tumblr:...
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*URGENT* NEED COUCH - GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
hi, i’m phoenix, and my blog can be found here.
i’m seventeen (nearly eighteen) and am currently looking for housing in or around the area of green bay, wisconsin over the summer and into the next year until i graduate. not comfortable living around drugs or alcohol.
ftm, queer, living with severe depression, about to complete junior year of high school.
trying to escape an abusive...
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NEED COUCH - HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
i am a 15 yr old dfab trans and not-straight person. i have been kicked out of my house multiple times since being outed as not being straight to my parents (they don’t know about the trans part), and i am allowed to live there for now, it is a generally violent and unsafe living situation for me. i need to get out, obviously.
i have two options that concern how long i would need to stay, i...
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NEED COUCH - BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Two trans kids looking for temp housing in the east bay. We’re both trying to get a permanent place eventually, but one of us needs to go through the process of getting on disability before that’s possible. If you can help us keep housing, preferably for at least three days, though any amount of time is helpful, it would be super appreciated! One of us has a chronic illness that...
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HAVE COUCH - OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
Communal trans house, always open to trans people in need. Messy house, highly limited space, but our resources are your resources. Shower, fridge, beds, stove/microwave, etc. all available for use.
Intensely focused on anti-oppression and direct communication, and call each other out on their bullshit- you would be held to the same expectations, and are welcome to call us out if we fuck up.
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*URGENT* NEED COUCH - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
URGENT!
Two mixed trans kids, one with a disability, seeking a place to stay temporarily while they search for more permanent housing. Needs a bed or couch because of the disability.
Shower and fridge to use would be great, but safe place to sleep is the #1 priority right now.
Please contact my ask box to get in touch with me. This is very, very...
