Allie's Medical Transition Fund

As Andrea Martin, author of the spontaneous memoir Lady Parts, once said, “It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things,” which is exactly what I am doing. I have been on HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) for the last two-ish years of my life but have been practically feminine ever since I can remember. Throughout late elementary and most of middle school, I would spend nights fantasizing in bed about what life would be like if I was born a girl, some nights pleading to God for a chance to spend just a single day as one and if I liked it enough I could stay that way forever. There I was, captain of the JV cheer team, standing up to the bullies who were picking on kids for being gay and liking anime (a projection of my then-current self). I also imagined the straight boys that I secretly had crushes on actually liking me back because I was this beautiful girl with hair as curly as my mom's. Even in Pre-K, before my nightly femme-filled, fanciful desiring became a habit, I would wear princess dresses during playtime and reenact Snow White’s fateful slumber with a leftover apple from lunchtime. While in High School when I was pulled aside by the administration after being nominated for Homecoming Queen and asked "do you think that you are a trans woman?" I replied, “I am a person who just so happens to look fabulous in dresses.” But through all of my Adolescent Shakespearean Drag Shows and Pubescent Yearning of Womanhood, I never rationalized that I am Woman. I was just a kid having fun. Now, after gaining access to the proper language and safe spaces to explore and express myself in, I know that I am Woman.

I was recently given the beautiful news that my insurance will cover a fair majority of most of the affirming procedures I have only ever dreamed about having. Covering from electrolysis all the way to the surgery. However, these procedures are not going to be fully covered and will still carry a hefty price tag, which is why I am creating this GoFundMe in tandem with meticulous budgeting and saving. This fundraiser will be used to fund what insurance can not cover and to also support me through my eight-week, bedbound recovery.

I am excited for what this next chapter brings and to share it with the world around me. For any and all support, be it monetary or emotional support, I thank you. Thank you for giving a gal like me a chance and for helping make the world a more loving and inclusive space.

 

With much love and appreciation,

Allie Faulkner (They/She)