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I’m a transmasculine queer guy and single parent in my late 30s. Gender identity is something I have struggled with for many years. But in an age before the internet and readily available resources, I dismissed the massive amounts of dysphoria I’d suffered since around the age of 8 as other things. It has only been since the birth of my child a couple of years ago that I finally began to address my gender identity. I socially transitioned in April 2017 and have now been on hormone therapy for six months. This has made a massive difference in my life already. The only thing really holding me back, and causing dysphoria that is still at times debilitating, is my chest.
I have been on the NHS waiting list for a Gender Identity Clinic for almost 18 months and have not yet had my first appointment with them. So I made the decision to start my transition privately. So far the costs have been relatively low. But surgery is far beyond my finances. I have the incredible fortune of having an amazingly supportive family who are helping me cover some of the cost of my surgery. So I am currently trying to raise the other half.
I recently saw a surgeon about top surgery I am super excited to have this literal weight lifted and just have the one hurdle to overcome – finances.
The surgery is costing me £6500, but my family are helping with some, so I just need to find the remaining £3500 before the op date in June. Any extra will go towards the short hotel stay in London I will need after the op.
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