Hi. I am a 30 year old FTM who have been under the radar for almost 6 years. I’m from an Asian country of which is not a trans-friendly country. Throughout this journey no one actually know my status as an FTM in my country as it is illegal and largely unaccepted to be one here. Hence the reason why I need to choose some US Zip code so that my post will be noticeable in a trans friendly community.

Starting from 2018 I've been running my own small business which I am not able to disclose as it may jaepordize my identity as an FTM and eventually cost my business a lot more sceptism from the society (please contact me if you need more details and proof of my business which i cant share publicly due to the nature of my status as an FTM). My business (selling fashion wear) has been running well since then up until the point when we're all visited by the pandemic that's been effecting everyone in the world.

Business has been real hard now.. Being the only son in my family, I need to take care of both of my parents. My father suffers from stroke and my mother is also not very healthy anymore. Now I am down to a very small amount of money and it will not gonna be enough for me to save my business from collapsing.. If I were to loose this , I am gonna loose everything I have. Being an FTM adds to my struggle as loans and what not is gonna be super hard to get due to the nature of the laws here

CAUSE OF THE ISSUE
When Covid19 hit the entire world, my country starts implementing a “minor lockdown” for everyone. This started on March 2020. All non-essential business are forced to close and everyone is required to stay at home by the country legal law. Not abiding will cost us some (big) amount of compound or even get us to jail. However the government do provide us with some financial aid here and there, but we all know how it goes, it is not even enough to cover the smallest fraction of the damage it does to us traders.

EXTRA CAUSE
A year plus of not being able to run business as usual is truly a pain in the a** , for the first 3 months i manage to cover my shop+office+house rent using all my savings and revenue i had throughout me running this business. It all get all stuck starting from the 4th months. I am lucky that i have amazing landlords, but to already extend it for more than a year now, I do understand their frustration and really one of them already hinted for me to just get out from the store. To add to the issue, due to this pandemic, even big suppliers are having issues to supply item for me to supply to others.

DAMAGES
Shop Rental/1mo - $545 (7 months)
Office Rental/1mo - $150 (3 months)
House Rental/1mo - $300 (3 months)

TOTAL : $ 5165
*The amount is pre converted to USD in order to make it easier for this to be seen. Balance is hopefully to help me stand up again.

Please help me. A small amount of USD10000 Is a big amount in my currency and it will be able to help me save my business from collapsing down