Aranda's Gender Confirmation Surgery
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At the age of five-years-old Aranda realized she was meant to be a woman, but did not yet have the vocabulary to express this sentiment as she was born into a male body. The first time she openly explained her feelings, she ended up retracting it, saying it was a joke, because her family treated it like one. This, unfortunately, was not the last time this happened. She resigned to living life as a gay male, because she thought that was her only option.
For most people, the word “transgender” is a bit of a mystery. From our understanding, as Aranda’s close friends, being transgender simply means the role you are meant to play in this world is not the one you were originally ascribed at birth. Aranda was meant to be the woman she is today, not anyone else.
Aranda has gone through lots of ups and downs to get to where she is today. As we write this, Aranda has been sober for almost four years. Her mental health has suffered as a result of her struggle with her gender: she’s struggled with depression, anxiety, gender dysphoria, and chemical dependency. When she was 20, Aranda realized her life was not headed in the direction she wanted it to, so she made the brave decision to get sober and hasn’t looked back since. At the same time, she began her transition.
Medically transitioning is an incredibly expensive and strenuous process. At first, Aranda pursued surgery payment through insurance, with little luck. She hit a point at which she decided to take matters into her own hands. She’s worked countless jobs, often multiple at the same time, to afford facial feminization and breast augmentation surgeries. She’s done all this while being a full-time college student at Minneapolis College, but is soon transferring to the University of Minnesota, a much more intensive school. We see firsthand how hard Aranda works both at school and at her jobs; it’s incredibly taxing on her mental and physical health as well as her sobriety to be under this much strain. Aranda wishes she could pay for this last gender-confirming surgery, but the price is an overwhelming amount, and she needs your help to get there.
A vaginoplasty is a final step in Aranda’s surgical transition. We know this last procedure will affect her entire outlook on life, allowing her to move forward as the woman she knows she is. Aranda has come so far already, and we want to help her get to the last step.
We have so much gratitude for anyone who’s read this far. A donation of any size or a share would be immensely appreciated.
With Love,
Logan, Isabel, and Maria
For most people, the word “transgender” is a bit of a mystery. From our understanding, as Aranda’s close friends, being transgender simply means the role you are meant to play in this world is not the one you were originally ascribed at birth. Aranda was meant to be the woman she is today, not anyone else.
Aranda has gone through lots of ups and downs to get to where she is today. As we write this, Aranda has been sober for almost four years. Her mental health has suffered as a result of her struggle with her gender: she’s struggled with depression, anxiety, gender dysphoria, and chemical dependency. When she was 20, Aranda realized her life was not headed in the direction she wanted it to, so she made the brave decision to get sober and hasn’t looked back since. At the same time, she began her transition.
Medically transitioning is an incredibly expensive and strenuous process. At first, Aranda pursued surgery payment through insurance, with little luck. She hit a point at which she decided to take matters into her own hands. She’s worked countless jobs, often multiple at the same time, to afford facial feminization and breast augmentation surgeries. She’s done all this while being a full-time college student at Minneapolis College, but is soon transferring to the University of Minnesota, a much more intensive school. We see firsthand how hard Aranda works both at school and at her jobs; it’s incredibly taxing on her mental and physical health as well as her sobriety to be under this much strain. Aranda wishes she could pay for this last gender-confirming surgery, but the price is an overwhelming amount, and she needs your help to get there.
A vaginoplasty is a final step in Aranda’s surgical transition. We know this last procedure will affect her entire outlook on life, allowing her to move forward as the woman she knows she is. Aranda has come so far already, and we want to help her get to the last step.
We have so much gratitude for anyone who’s read this far. A donation of any size or a share would be immensely appreciated.
With Love,
Logan, Isabel, and Maria
Organizer and beneficiary
Maria DeCesare
Organizer
Minneapolis, MN
Aranda Junker
Beneficiary