Hello my lovelies! Hope you’re all well! Welcome to my GoFundMe.

 My name is Kiera (she/her) and I am a Buyers Admin Assistant based in London. I am asking for your help to finally be able to live authentically.

I’ve been holding off from setting this up for so long as honestly, I didn’t think I was deserving of it. However, having reached 25, I no longer want to live a life where I’m having to compromise who I am. I’m so exhausted pretending to be I’m okay and that’s why I need your help.

 All my life, due to my transness and my deformity, I have struggled with the way I look. For as long as I can remember I’ve hated what I see in the mirror and always put it down to my unusual features.

However, since exploring my trans identity and starting Hormone Replacement Therapy I’ve come to realise that what has caused me the most distress is that my body features don’t align with the woman that I am. So in turn, I am asking for your help in funding my medical transition.

For those of you that I don’t know that well, who may think this is a new idea that I’ve plucked up out of nowhere - you’re very much mistaken. Photos of me in dresses with a tea towel on my head when I was 3 will tell you that I have always known exactly who I wanted to be. I just haven’t had the courage to say it until now.

The reason I ask for your help is due to the fact that the waiting list to be seen by the NHS to even discuss medical intervention is +5 years. I’ve been on the waiting list for over a year and I simply can’t wait any longer. Private Trans Healthcare is extremely expensive in and out of the uk and after much research, the total amount I would need is £30,000.

Whatever you can donate, no matter how big or small, I would be so incredibly grateful! I appreciate the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on ours finances, so if you can’t donate, even a share would mean the world to me!

As you can imagine this was incredibly daunting to write as I’m finally admitting to myself and the world who I am and that I need help. On top of that, I didn’t want to seem unaware of the privilege I have as a white trans woman, nor did I want to come across as if I’m begging people for money as I know others have it much worse.

If I’m being totally honest, I’m doing all this for little Kiera who dreamed of the girl she could be but was quickly told by society that this wasn’t attainable. I’m doing this for the little girl inside me who has spent all of her life thinking she was too ugly to consider transitioning. This GoFundMe is a love letter to her, so please support in any way you can x

Lots of love,

Kiera x