Avery's Unnamed Procedure Fund
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My name is Avery Zimmer, I’m a trans woman, I love bees, and I need your help to fund a surgery just a handful of people even know exists.
All my life I found myself unable to feel comfortable in my body and uncomfortable with the expectations of my social circles to conform a certain way. It took me until I was in my early 20s to put the pieces together. I’m a woman. I needed to transition, but even with that option on the table, the result would have other expectations I just wasn’t comfortable with. I was hesitant about going through with it because while I felt completely right as a woman, I didn't exactly hate some of my body. Changing it for the purpose of conformity felt wrong.
But I found hope. Years after starting HRT I made the discovery of someone who transitioned and had paved their own path with an option I didn’t know existed. This option doesn’t even have a name yet. You see, all these pieces of my identity clicked into place when I saw it—a post on Reddit by a user named “Androgynoplasty” detailing the surgery I'm set to get. The details are a bit graphic, but it keeps the main parts of both genitalia which are important to me. Suddenly realizing that GCS was possible without losing a part fundamental to myself cleared all my doubts about transitioning. Had I known this surgery was an option from the start, I would have been spared many years of stress and found myself much sooner. For this reason, I want to be as open and visible as possible about what I'm going through. I want to get my voice out to others, so they can have the same chance I do, to be true to myself.
Other than the Reddit post, this procedure hasn’t been well documented. I fully intend on documenting my experiences. Every dollar raised goes towards helping me do that. In fact, I’ve already been spreading awareness of this procedure through as many channels as I can already. Mostly through friends and family now, but hopefully everyone reading this can spread it to their friends. I hope this can reach someone like me, so they can know that they’re not alone in this.
Right now, I’ve finished the headache of getting insurance to help me out. They told me at the start that it would be covered entirely through them. To get that achieved, I did a huge amount of work jumping through hoops with insurance. We already picked out a date, May 31st. But now, after getting all the work done and after all I’ve saved up just in case, we were told that it’s just not enough. Worse yet—I have to pay the entire cost up front and I will be reimbursed for less than half. That’s long removed from entirely covered! I realized I was in over my head, and with the surgery date looming near I knew the only way forward would be with help from my friends, family, and community.
To not go in massive debt, or have my date called off entirely, I’ll need $10,000. Oh yeah, and the surgeon is in Portland. That’s no-where near where I live. I’ll need a little more to fund me staying in a hotel nearby for the first week. I’m a long way away from affording it, but I could not have made it this far without my friends and family already, and have them all to thank for how close I am. That’s where you come in. Thank you for reading this far, I hope that you can help me. If not with a donation, then by digging up information about this and spreading awareness of this unnamed procedure.
All my life I found myself unable to feel comfortable in my body and uncomfortable with the expectations of my social circles to conform a certain way. It took me until I was in my early 20s to put the pieces together. I’m a woman. I needed to transition, but even with that option on the table, the result would have other expectations I just wasn’t comfortable with. I was hesitant about going through with it because while I felt completely right as a woman, I didn't exactly hate some of my body. Changing it for the purpose of conformity felt wrong.
But I found hope. Years after starting HRT I made the discovery of someone who transitioned and had paved their own path with an option I didn’t know existed. This option doesn’t even have a name yet. You see, all these pieces of my identity clicked into place when I saw it—a post on Reddit by a user named “Androgynoplasty” detailing the surgery I'm set to get. The details are a bit graphic, but it keeps the main parts of both genitalia which are important to me. Suddenly realizing that GCS was possible without losing a part fundamental to myself cleared all my doubts about transitioning. Had I known this surgery was an option from the start, I would have been spared many years of stress and found myself much sooner. For this reason, I want to be as open and visible as possible about what I'm going through. I want to get my voice out to others, so they can have the same chance I do, to be true to myself.
Other than the Reddit post, this procedure hasn’t been well documented. I fully intend on documenting my experiences. Every dollar raised goes towards helping me do that. In fact, I’ve already been spreading awareness of this procedure through as many channels as I can already. Mostly through friends and family now, but hopefully everyone reading this can spread it to their friends. I hope this can reach someone like me, so they can know that they’re not alone in this.
Right now, I’ve finished the headache of getting insurance to help me out. They told me at the start that it would be covered entirely through them. To get that achieved, I did a huge amount of work jumping through hoops with insurance. We already picked out a date, May 31st. But now, after getting all the work done and after all I’ve saved up just in case, we were told that it’s just not enough. Worse yet—I have to pay the entire cost up front and I will be reimbursed for less than half. That’s long removed from entirely covered! I realized I was in over my head, and with the surgery date looming near I knew the only way forward would be with help from my friends, family, and community.
To not go in massive debt, or have my date called off entirely, I’ll need $10,000. Oh yeah, and the surgeon is in Portland. That’s no-where near where I live. I’ll need a little more to fund me staying in a hotel nearby for the first week. I’m a long way away from affording it, but I could not have made it this far without my friends and family already, and have them all to thank for how close I am. That’s where you come in. Thank you for reading this far, I hope that you can help me. If not with a donation, then by digging up information about this and spreading awareness of this unnamed procedure.
Organizer
Avery Zimmer
Organizer
Ferndale, WA