Our GoFundMe page broke at $2,720 and they still haven't fixed it. So, to follow the theme, we moved funding sites!
Press:
Brooklyn Paper (2)
NYU Now (VIDEO)
New York Times
Daily Mail
Gay Star News
Brooklyn Paper
ABC News (VIDEO)
Brooklyn Patch (2)
Daily News
Gothamist
Brooklyn Patch
Social Media:
Taillors on Instagram
Charlotte on Instagram
Donations from GoFundMe:
CK donated $25
Chelsea Leibow donated $20
Jules Allen
donated $25
BD donated $100
Joyce Callo donated
$100
Meghan Mullaney donated $500
SJ donated
$500
Renata Raggi donated $75
PC donated $100
Mistress
Shayla donated $25
RI donated $25
Niko Flux donated
$30
Sybil Fury donated $20
Marcelo A. P. Dantas donated
$50
Jer Senie donated $30
JP donated $25
DM donated
$70
Randall W donated $25
Submissive X donated
$450
Leonard Nalencz donated $25
ML donated
$25
Richard Freilich donated $25
Mark Kurtzman donated
$250
Ian Prastien donated $50
Richard DeWald donated
$25
Lady Victoria NYC donated $25
Neal Sherman donated $100
(27 Contributors)
The Campaign:
Hello community of sex-positive, femme-loving, BDSM-accepting humans.
We are the Taillor Collective, a feminist group of
dominant womyn hosting workshops, inclusive gatherings, SSC play
parties, fundraisers, and other community events in Brooklyn. We had a
wonderful experience at our old place and have recently moved to a
slightly bigger one, in which we invested lots of energy and money in
order to create a fabulous new home.
One of our new neighbors believes kink to be evil, and has been
out to get us. She has made several complaints to the Police and the
DOB, handed out and posted flyers, and still screams ill of us at
residents on the block. We have gone to community meetings to clear up
the issue, hired a lawyer (as well as additional legal counsel), and
have been trying to resolve the issue in several ways — but the
harassment has only escalated. Charlotte has even tried writing her a
cooperating note and the response was a deeply hateful and insulting
letter, pounded on our window.
We legally have every right to the space. We have signed and
paid for a year+ lease and wished, at least, to see it through.
However, the bullying has only increased, and we may be being forced
to relocate for our own safety and the overall wellbeing of our community.
We would be forever grateful for your help and support. Please
consider making a donation to help us pay our legal fees and
unexpected moving expenses. We are an all femme identifying collective
where a majority of us are victims of illegal sex work, abuse, trauma,
poverty, and lack of resources. We represent a strong intersectional
feminist collective of queer womyn, trans womyn, disabled womyn, womyn
of color, and most importantly, womyn who have found their voice
within our collective and as a means to empower themselves.
We (the Taillor Collective) are recipients of the fund goal. We
are reaching out to those who have been to our space, to our fellow
industry members, and the general feminist sex positive community who
wants to help people in need.
The funds would directly go to relocating and renovating a new
space. The funds would go towards deposits for spaces, renovation and
moving expenses, and the ability to have flexibility to open or close
when we are the midst of moving. Our fund goal is the exact amount we
used for relocating to our new space (renovations, new purchases) and
to cover lawyer fees when we started being harassed. We need your
help to do it all over again and appreciate every effort. Any excess
funds will be donated to the SOAR Institute and GLSEN. These
organizations have been extremely supportive during these trying times.
By supporting us, you would be supporting voices that are never
given a chance outside of the world we have created. We want to
continue sharing that world for as long as we can.
Thank you,
The Taillors
