Alternate titles: Local Bottom Needs Top Surgery, Bee's Tit Yeetfest 2024, Group Project to Launch Bee's Tits into Orbit, Top Surgery Quest: Achilles' Tits, There and Not Back Again: A Top Surgery Story by Beebo LastName

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Hello, new friends! Please come in and let us introduce you to Bee (he/they).

Bee's house is covered in work from the artists in their life—Dad’s photos, Mom’s paintings, their older siblings’ collages. Bee himself draws fantastical scenes with strange creatures. They carve out images and build worlds with their words. We have started this GoFundMe campaign in an effort to help shift the financial burden that is keeping Bee from rejoicing in the greatest artwork of all: a body that is home and that reflects who he truly is.

As a sculptor frees a statue from marble, it’s taken years for Bee to uncover the person they’re meant to be. It started with coming out as bisexual in his late 20s; in the last two years he came out as trans and nonbinary to their partner. Now fully out to their community, Bee is ready to take the next step toward gender euphoria: top surgery. However, insurance and scheduling have impeded Bee’s ability to pay for the procedures without putting him, his partner and their six cats into additional debt.

In their own words:

Q: Can you tell me a bit about your journey to where you are today?

A: As a kid, I was bullied a lot for my neurodiversity and gender expression. When I started my first puberty and my body changed in intensely traumatic ways, I didn't have the vocabulary to describe how that conflicted with what I now know to be my nonbinary identity. Rather than risk even more abuse at school, I headed deep into the closet. I'm fully out now to everyone in my life, and in the process of legally changing my name and body to match who I've always been.

Q: What obstacles are you facing in your quest to achieve Gender?

A: My insurance is very expensive. My deductible is almost ten times my monthly cost, and on Jan. 1, 2024, my provider will reset it. I will have to spend thousands of dollars more for the same procedure, which I am already struggling to pay for. On top of that, there is a large non-refundable deposit 45 days before the surgery. I won't get a detailed quote until scheduling is complete, and the amount I end up financing depends on what happens during the surgery and how much my insurer decides to cover. My partner and I are budgeting as best we can, but money is tight and everything is so up in the air.

Q: Once you’ve yeeted those teets, what do you look forward to most?

A: My shirts finally fitting! And no longer having to constantly check that my tits are still in my swimsuit, or having people see them and assume that I'm female. I can't wait to be misgendered less often.

Q: Was there a specific moment when you knew you wanted to pursue top surgery?

A: As soon as I began reading about transition options, I knew I wanted top surgery. My tits are my oldest, most dysphoric feature, and I am eager to yeet them.

Q: How do you do Gender? What makes you happiest?

A: I spent so long trying to figure out how to do femininity. It was exhausting and dysphoric and intensely frustrating, so now I focus on just being comfortable in my body and sense of self. I like to wear clothing that isn't overtly gendered and that doesn't call attention to my tits or hips. What makes me happiest is finally seeing myself when I look in the mirror. I'm on hormones and the changes are slow, but I can see results now and it's euphoric to actually like what I'm seeing!

Q: Where have you found strength and reassurance most throughout this process?

A: I am so fortunate to have the love and support of my partner, family, and friends. When I get discouraged, they affirm who I am, and that I deserve to live in a body that will no longer add fuel to my anxiety and depression. The financial uncertainty has caused me a lot of stress, but I know that going through with top surgery will do more to help me heal than anything else.

Q: If you could donate your tits to anyone in history, who would it be and why?

A: I don't know if he would have wanted them, but tits-out Jesus would be a great look! I'd be happy to donate mine to the cause.

We hope you can help!

With love from our found family to yours,

The Fellowship of the Not-Tits

The Society of Washboard Chests for Handsome Gays