#kicked out

[mothofmyth]

Steve getting kicked out with nothing but the money he had on him and the clothes on his back...

He goes to the thrift store to get some more clothes and days later Eddie's heart stops when he sees Steve Harrington walking around in a Corroded Coffin T-Shirt...

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Staying Safe While Homeless

A SAFETY GUIDE FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF HOMELESSNESS

When you are experiencing homelessness, it can be difficult to feel safe. In some cases, being homeless as a young adult might feel safer physically and/or emotionally than where we came from, or you might find you don’t feel safe anywhere. In survival mode, the idea of true safety can sometimes feel unobtainable. Safety can feel like a privilege that you can’t access at all, or can only have in parts. Safety can also take a variety of forms. When talking about safety, we want to think about physical safety, as well as mental or emotional safety. Safety, most broadly, can also include security of our resources, like personal belongings that we need to take care of ourselves. Ultimately, what feels safe or as though it is a reasonable risk to one person might feel incredibly unsafe to someone else. Here are some tips for thinking about safety if you’re experiencing any form of homelessness:

Staying aware

The key to trying to keep yourself safe is going to be focused on being aware of your surroundings and their unique qualities, and being aware of who is near you. Risks and safety are going to look different in each situation.

If you are taking any medications, utilizing any substances like alcohol, or are otherwise in a state where your reaction times, or your ability to process information, are or might be impacted, try to keep the company of people who you trust and who can make safety assessments for both of you while your judgment or responsiveness is altered.

Staying safe while couch-surfing

When couch-surfing, many homeless youth feel like they can let their guard down a little when it comes to safety. If you are staying with trustworthy adults⁠ who you know well, this might be the case, and can be a much-needed respite from feeling like you are in constant crisis.

However, couch-surfing can sometimes involve staying with people you don’t know well, or don’t know at all. These people might be well-intentioned, or could have their own motivations for why they are offering help. When couch-surfing, be aware of where your belongings are, and keep your most important documents (identification, important paperwork etc.) with you at all times. This way, if you have to leave quickly, the chance is low of you being separated from the things that you need most. Be aware of any kind of unwanted advances (emotional or sexual⁠) that make you feel uncomfortable. You do not owe anyone intimacy in exchange for them letting you stay with them. As a homeless youth it’s so important to trust your gut. If something feels off, it probably is. If your gut is sending you signals that you aren’t safe trust yourself and get out⁠ of that situation as quickly as possible. Tell someone you trust that you aren’t feeling safe wherever you are, or if you are alone, but have a cell phone, text or call someone you trust and let them know where you are and what’s going on. Get yourself somewhere where you feel safer, or at minimum where there are other people around.

Staying safe while on the streets

While it’s a challenge to keep from getting stopped/harassed by police or private security, as much as possible try to stay in well-lit populated areas. Stay with other homeless youth as much as possible. Try not to be alone: there is safety in numbers. Homeless youth sleeping together on the streets are less likely to be targets of exploitation or violence. While sleeping, hold your belongings, including your shoes, while you sleep to protect them from getting stolen.

Staying safe in shelters

If you know that you are going to need to stay in a shelter, and you live in a city with options, talk with your homeless friends about their experiences in different shelters. Other homeless youth may have had experiences at shelters that will help you determine which facility or program is going to be safe for you. Anytime a lot of youth are together, be it high school or a homeless shelter, there can also be cliques and drama. Be aware of what is going on around you, but thoughtful about how and when you do or don’t engage. Getting involved in shelter drama or politics could jeopardize your housing or safety if conflicts escalate, which could lead to unsafe situations. If you are staying in a shelter, you’ll also want to keep your belongings on your body or locked up to keep them secure from theft.

Trust your gut!

If you don’t feel safe in a situation, even if you aren’t exactly sure why, trust your internal sense of what does or doesn’t feel safe. Part of being a homeless teenager means sometimes needing to keep yourself safe when nobody else is willing or able to do so. If you don’t feel safe, make it your priority to do whatever you can or need to do to get yourself into a situation where you feel safer.

Trust your gut feelings. If you feel unsafe in a situation, try to leave it.

Read the full version by Sassafras Patterdale below

[gifs-of-puppets]

The Muppet Show (1976-1981)

[slvtf0rchr1s]

lmao not me being kicked out of my hay day neighbourhood cause i didn’t play for like a month (im emotionally unable and i feel personally attacked by fucking sarah_farm13 or wth)

btw this is so not sturniolo related i apologise 😭

[coffin-spider]

👉👈

(made by me...kinda)

[pomegranighte]

Got kicked out of current place by frankly concerning and possible depressed narcissist-refusing-treatment "best friend" and signed a lease for a new place and had to pay both deposit and rent at once. Even with TWO other people helping pay, I'm outta money. I'm getting by with gas via Earnin, but that's an ouroboros I'd rather avoid continuing to feed.

I'm working doubles when I can, doordash otherwise, but in the meantime? Still pretty much penniless. Next paycheck should save me, but that's two weeks away.

Anything helps, please! I don't need much, just enough to feed me and my cats and get gas! Hate doing this...

PayPal is linked to thercery@gmail.com

[moniquegibaeu]

This is how I imagine my oc being kicked out

I CANNOT draw men

[bitchesgetriches]

Happy Pride, my beauties!

"… okay okay, that’s enough pleasantries—I’m worked up about something!

I recently read an article about queer teens being thrown out of their homes by unsupportive families. It had a lot of advice that sounded pretty good. Pursue legal emancipation. Talk to your teachers and guidance counselors. Seek therapy.

“Bah,” I scoffed through a mouthful of Babybel cheese. “Amateurs! Someone needs to write a real guide. Someone who actually knows what it’s like!”

I was too busy playing with that weird red wax to remember I was exactly that person.

I left home when I was a junior in high school. The reasons were complicated and sad. Suffice to say it was driven by a need for physical and psychological safety I wasn’t getting at home.

Everything worked out for me. I got lucky and landed on my feet. A few psychological scars added to my roguish charm! But it’s not the best strategy. Sorta like throwing yourself down a mountain and hoping you learn to ski on the way down. (Also a thing I did once. How am I alive?)

There are many reasons a teenager might leave home early. Among them: poverty, instability, abuse, neglect, addiction, incarceration, system involvement, and mental and physical health issues. Some are thrown out or kicked out in stark, dramatic fashion. Others are slowly, painfully squeezed out or frozen out. Still more are ignored, unsupported, or victimized to the point that the child must take the initiative to leave.

Regardless of the method, one of the most prevalent reasons teens become homeless is due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Nine in ten homeless LGBT teens “ran away” (46%) to escape family rejection, or were actively forced out (43%) by unsupportive parents.

So I dedicate today’s article to our young queer readers. May you never need the tips I’m about to lay out."

- Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between

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[sukoshininja]

Vengeful

Lance would know that ship anywhere. How could he forget? It was there the day Keith died. Was stolen from him.

"He's mine. I'm going." It was not up for debate. He broke Red from formation, darting after the small fighter. He wasn't fast enough last time. But this time he wouldn't let him get away. Not again.

"Lance! Think about what you're doing," Shiro warned.

"Oh, believe me, I have." It kept him up at night, alone in their bed, thinking long and hard about how exactly he would have his revenge. At first his anger burned hot enough he wanted swift reparations. But it had been years. That anger had simmered into something slow and cruel.

"This isn't who you are!" Hunk called after him.

Lance had to laugh. It felt bitter in his mouth. "Sure. Maybe that was true at one point. But then I lost my home. I lost my family. I lost my partner. That changes a person, Hunk."

"We've lost people too, you know!" Pidge shouted.

Allura, who truly had lost everything, chose not to weigh in. But her silence was a statement in itself.

"I think if the Lance I knew back at the garrison could see you now, he'd be really disappointed," Hunk tried again, more calmly this time. As if it would make a difference.

"Yeah, well, life is full of disappointments. That Lance... he couldn't hack it and, well, he's gone now. I'm what's left."

"You don't mean that," the hurt clear in his tone.

"We all have to grow up sometime," Lance said as gently as he could. He was far from them now. So far away they had disappeared from visuals, even in the atmosphere-less vacuum of space.

"Lance if you kill that man in cold blood you will never see the inside of the castle again," Allura's voice was calm and even, full of warmth for him, even then.

"Wouldn't be the first time I lost my home." They couldn't all be saints, not like her. She was able to keep who she was whereas Lance had to shed and chip away pieces of himself until everything was bearable.

"I'll have Lion back when you're done, then."

"Yeah," he agreed. There was no place for someone as broken as he was on Team Voltron. He'd known that for years. It was Coran's time to shine anyway.

"And Lance?"

"Princess?" He had closed incredible distance on the one-man fighter.

"Know that we love you."

"I know."

He cut the comms and made his move.

my whumptober masterlist

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #1,714

System A was kicked out after coming out as plural. System B takes them in.

[discontinued-diabolical]

Please help a trans masc getting kicked out!

So like some crazy shit has gone down and my mom said she wants me out of the house. I have a friend I can stay with but it’d be nice to have some money to support me for a bit while I try and find a job where I’m going and a stable place to live. This is a scary situation for me and anything will help

c*sh*pp: $llunarleo

v*nm*: combst4

Also I will be trying to do commissions as well so dm me if you’re interested in my rates!

[hellyeahscarleteen]

"Being kicked out can be an isolating experience, especially when you are in the middle of living through housing instability. It can feel like everyone else has a family and home, but this absolutely is not the case. Youth homelessness is incredibly common and to feel less alone it’s helpful to connect with other teens who have been kicked out. Online groups, and in-person youth centers are great options for finding other teens going through similar experiences. Not only will connecting with other homeless youth help you feel less alone, but it’s also a great way to share resources."

Sassafras Patterdale, You’re Being Kicked Out: Here Are the First 10 Things You Can Do

[jazzadelegames]

⛧♡ UPDATE: Help 2 Disabled, Trans & Queer Men being Evicted in Sept! ♡⛧

‼️NEW GOAL: £1.6K ‼️ https://ko-fi.com/jazzadelegames

We realised it'll cause much more financial set back to rinse our entire savings out for a moving van than expected, so it made more sense to add it into the main total instead of having it as a stretch goal.

We hope this doesn't deter anyone from helping 💖

Graphics by pookycreations & @tealpixels !

[shtrawburrymilk]

I miss PTS but most of all Baratie&Alabasta sanji so bad. that guy was peak fiction

[sootygifs]

The Sooty Show - "Three Men In A Boat"