<div>On August 26th I'm scheduled for facial feminization surgery. I've been working towards this for a long time, through years of appointments, paperwork, and setbacks. I have advocated for myself against gatekeepers and misogynists. Now it is finally happening.

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<div>Insurance has agreed to pay a significant part of this, but my coverage has limits, and I'm asking for help with what falls outside that. 

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<div><em>Here's exactly what I'm raising for:</em>

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<div><strong>$6,403: surgery costs. </strong>

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<div>My insurance sorted my face into "medically necessary" and "cosmetic". I have spent months negotiating a number of these initially so-called "cosmetic" procedures into the coverage scope of my surgery.

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<div>This is the amount remaining after I fought tooth and nail. I'm launching three weeks out because I only just received an estimate for what I will owe, and I didn't feel it was right to fundraise until I had a clear quote.

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<div>Everything is part of the same operation, during the same session, and for the same reason. When I look in the mirror, I want to see myself. I don't want to drift away anymore.

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<div>My insurance company doesn't pay for everything, so I have to. This includes $1,138 remaining on my insurance out-of-pocket maximum, which is due before I go under.

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<div><strong>$250: recovery supplies. </strong>

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<div>Meal replacement shakes and electrolytes for the weeks I'll be on a soft liquid diet after having my jaw bone sawed down. Also includes compression garments and cold therapy for the swelling.

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<div><strong>$2,458: six weeks of rent and groceries. </strong>

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<div>This is one of the more difficult parts to ask for. This year has been exceptionally hard on me &amp; it left my finances drained. 

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<div>Recovery from facial feminization surgery is not a weekend: it's weeks of swelling, pain, and restricted eating, and a face I can't yet interview for jobs with.

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<div>I need to be able to rest afterwards instead of pushing myself too early and setting back both my healing and employment efforts.

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<div>That's $9,111 in total costs. The goal is set slightly above to cover estimated payment processing fees from GoFundMe. (Every donation gets charged 2.9% plus 30 cents.)

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<div>Anything raised past the goal goes toward recovery time and continuing care. I lose my coverage in the next several months, so I need to have this surgery while I still can.<br />
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<div>Many of you have known me for years. You've seen as i become even more myself in a hundred small iterations. This is the most major treatment I have ever had, and I can't cover it on my own.

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<div>If you can donate, thank you. If you can't, sharing this page is also vital. Fundraising campaigns succeed through people who pass it along. Both matter; I mean that.
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<div>Thank you all for supporting me during an exhausting &amp; transformative season of my life. Solidarity and love. &lt;3

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