EDIT: Sorry if this seems a little rushed. I’m a bit panicked.
I’m trying to figure out where and honestly if I can apply for independency at my university. Some backstory; I’m nineteen, gay, traumatized and soon-to-be-homeless. A few days ago, my physically and emotionally abusive parents kicked me out on basis of me being openly gay. I’ve been couch hopping at some friends’ places but I genuinely believe that come summertime, I’ll be homeless unless a job pulls through. My sister, who also applied and got accepted for independency when she was in college, lives in Seattle and I cannot afford to drive up there to live with her. I’m stuck, I’m literally stuck.
My parents are both engineers and highly respected in our community, so money never was a prospect for me growing up. It was the beatings and the verbal cruelty my parents showed my siblings and I that made my sister and I run away from home during our youth, and it was that same cruelty that led me to severe diagnosed mental illnesses and my sister’s attempted suicide. Additionally, I was raped as a child but that wasn’t from a family member, rather, a friend of my family’s. No one helped me, even when I tried speaking about it. My sister is my main witness.
I came out as a lesbian to my family because I felt as though the consequences were worth it; I couldn’t stand how my parents would always encourage me to get married early to a man, especially at my age. I really regret my decision, but my parents would never take me back, literally telling me that if they ever saw my face again, they’d “bash it in.”
It’s been a really long time, but I might have police records of when my sister and I tried running away (but this was back in '11 and it’s in a different state). I definitely have medical records of my sisters attempted suicide (although she reported it as an accident) and my diagnosed mental illness, including CPTSD, Adjustment Disorder, Severe Social Anxiety, GAD, among others. I’m also currently dorming on campus (although, I wonder if I can stop to save money) and I currently don’t have a job but I’m certain I can find one easily. I don’t know if I can find any recordings of my abuse, but I was the owner of a blog that chronicled some aspects of my abuse (that blog is now deleted, but a lot of the more popular posts are easily searchable).
If there is a process, could someone guide me through it? Is it possible for me? What are other alternatives?
Thank you.