Help Colin Get Top Surgery!
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Hello there, my name is Colin, I’m a 19 year old art student and I need a little help getting something off my chest…
I came out as trans nearly five years ago and I’ve wanted a flat chest even longer, the NHS says I tick all the boxes for someone who should get top surgery (also know as a double mastectomy) but it’s all taking too long for me to cope with. I really want to be proactive about this rather than feeling hopeless while I wait for the NHS to call so I’ve decided to crowdfund the money I need to get the operation done privately.
A lot of trans people say that they need top surgery because they can’t face wearing a chest binder for the rest of their life, but I can barely face wearing one now, if you’ve ever worn one yourself, you’ll know they’re incredibly uncomfortable and come with a whole host of health risks. The vast majority of my art work is about my body, and I’ve spent a long time doing everything I can to come to terms with the body I’ve got and appreciate it as much as I can but I want to be able to do my silly dad dancing without feeling my boobs jiggle, and I want to perform shirtless, and I want to feel comfortable buying clothes that aren’t two sizes too big, and I mostly just want to be able to feel like this body is finally and completely mine.
I work a part time job around my degree, my mother is a dog walker, and we are trying to contribute as much of our own money as possible towards the surgery, but to pay for the whole thing is nowhere near feasible for us. My mum says I need 550 people to donate £10, or 55 people to donate £100.
If you want something in exchange for your money, I’m also selling t-shirts/hoodies/totes/etc that all reference my work, and I make about £5 from every purchase: https://teespring.com/stores/colin-lievens Plus I’m also considering making a work about who has ownership of my body, in which I plan on tattooing my post-op chest with the names of people who have given their money, to permanently thank and celebrate those who have donated.
I would really like to have top surgery before the end of the summer so I can be all healed up and ready to start my second year at csm, any money you can donate will go towards changing my life forever for the better, and if you cant donate then just sharing this fundraiser would mean the world to me <3
I came out as trans nearly five years ago and I’ve wanted a flat chest even longer, the NHS says I tick all the boxes for someone who should get top surgery (also know as a double mastectomy) but it’s all taking too long for me to cope with. I really want to be proactive about this rather than feeling hopeless while I wait for the NHS to call so I’ve decided to crowdfund the money I need to get the operation done privately.
A lot of trans people say that they need top surgery because they can’t face wearing a chest binder for the rest of their life, but I can barely face wearing one now, if you’ve ever worn one yourself, you’ll know they’re incredibly uncomfortable and come with a whole host of health risks. The vast majority of my art work is about my body, and I’ve spent a long time doing everything I can to come to terms with the body I’ve got and appreciate it as much as I can but I want to be able to do my silly dad dancing without feeling my boobs jiggle, and I want to perform shirtless, and I want to feel comfortable buying clothes that aren’t two sizes too big, and I mostly just want to be able to feel like this body is finally and completely mine.
I work a part time job around my degree, my mother is a dog walker, and we are trying to contribute as much of our own money as possible towards the surgery, but to pay for the whole thing is nowhere near feasible for us. My mum says I need 550 people to donate £10, or 55 people to donate £100.
If you want something in exchange for your money, I’m also selling t-shirts/hoodies/totes/etc that all reference my work, and I make about £5 from every purchase: https://teespring.com/stores/colin-lievens Plus I’m also considering making a work about who has ownership of my body, in which I plan on tattooing my post-op chest with the names of people who have given their money, to permanently thank and celebrate those who have donated.
I would really like to have top surgery before the end of the summer so I can be all healed up and ready to start my second year at csm, any money you can donate will go towards changing my life forever for the better, and if you cant donate then just sharing this fundraiser would mean the world to me <3
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Colin Lievens
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Colin Lievens
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