Jordan's top surgery fund
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My name is Jordan and as the title suggests this is a fundraiser for top surgery.
I'm an 18-year-old trans male. I am currently studying my passion and trying really hard to find a job.
People who know me know I don't like asking for help.
But top surgery is something I need help with. As a transgender person I struggle with body and gender dysphoria everyday. On bad days my dysphoria makes simple everyday tasks a struggle. Top surgery will elevate a huge amount of the dysphoria I feel and improve my overall health.
Although this same story has been told many times before me I feel that reiterating it is necessary.
I was in year 8 when I found out what being transgender was and on that day things simultaneously clicked into place and fell apart at the same time. I was shocked to find out that what I had felt for so long wasn't just me feeling crazy but actually something real and that there was something I could do about it. But it also led to the pain of trying to cope with it alone.
I was terrified that my friends and family wouldn't support me.
After trying to keep how I felt a secret for years and doing a lot of research on my own, I decided that transitioning to male was something that I had to do. I was depressed, alone and hurting. I knew transitioning was my only option.
I came out to my family at the start of 2015 and started living my life as a male. I began going to a gender therapist so that I could start taking hormones, which I have now been on for almost 5 months.
After starting hormones I knew what the next step was. I have talked it over with my parents and my therapist, and they agree that I am 100% ready for top surgery.
The binders that I wear to feel more comfortable in my skin cause me a lot of pain and make it really difficult to breathe, restrict the amount of exercise I can do and badly overheat my body. Slowly but surely binding is damaging my health, but I cannot cope not wearing one.
I'm fortunate to have supportive parents and I'm thankful they have insurance that will cover the hospital fees. However it still leaves a large sum of money that we must come up with to move forward and be my authentic self. (It will cost around $7000 up front and my family are going to help pay for it too)
Finding a job is very difficult as a young transperson but I am trying my best. To keep myself busy when not studing or looking for jobs I volunteer at www.transmenofwa.org helping kids and their parents deal with the issues we face. It helps to keep my mind off things helping others through the same issues.
I am really hoping to have surgery by the end of the year so that I can freely continue studying my passion at Tafe and be my true authentic self with out having to worry about dysphoria and the down days.
I'm an 18-year-old trans male. I am currently studying my passion and trying really hard to find a job.
People who know me know I don't like asking for help.
But top surgery is something I need help with. As a transgender person I struggle with body and gender dysphoria everyday. On bad days my dysphoria makes simple everyday tasks a struggle. Top surgery will elevate a huge amount of the dysphoria I feel and improve my overall health.
Although this same story has been told many times before me I feel that reiterating it is necessary.
I was in year 8 when I found out what being transgender was and on that day things simultaneously clicked into place and fell apart at the same time. I was shocked to find out that what I had felt for so long wasn't just me feeling crazy but actually something real and that there was something I could do about it. But it also led to the pain of trying to cope with it alone.
I was terrified that my friends and family wouldn't support me.
After trying to keep how I felt a secret for years and doing a lot of research on my own, I decided that transitioning to male was something that I had to do. I was depressed, alone and hurting. I knew transitioning was my only option.
I came out to my family at the start of 2015 and started living my life as a male. I began going to a gender therapist so that I could start taking hormones, which I have now been on for almost 5 months.
After starting hormones I knew what the next step was. I have talked it over with my parents and my therapist, and they agree that I am 100% ready for top surgery.
The binders that I wear to feel more comfortable in my skin cause me a lot of pain and make it really difficult to breathe, restrict the amount of exercise I can do and badly overheat my body. Slowly but surely binding is damaging my health, but I cannot cope not wearing one.
I'm fortunate to have supportive parents and I'm thankful they have insurance that will cover the hospital fees. However it still leaves a large sum of money that we must come up with to move forward and be my authentic self. (It will cost around $7000 up front and my family are going to help pay for it too)
Finding a job is very difficult as a young transperson but I am trying my best. To keep myself busy when not studing or looking for jobs I volunteer at www.transmenofwa.org helping kids and their parents deal with the issues we face. It helps to keep my mind off things helping others through the same issues.
I am really hoping to have surgery by the end of the year so that I can freely continue studying my passion at Tafe and be my true authentic self with out having to worry about dysphoria and the down days.
Organizer
Jordan Aaron Goncalves
Organizer
Shoalwater WA
