Edie's Facial Feminisation Surgery Fund

Hello angels <3

 

This is something that I have been thinking about for a while now, and I was really hesitant to ask for support from my community, but I have found so much love from so many people who make me feel safe and are open to helping me out <3

I only talk about the issues I face with people very close to me, but most of the time I keep it to myself because the vulnerability of expressing dysphoria is a lot for me, I express my frustrations through music and different creative outlets, but I never share them so openly like this with anyone so it is very scary, so I don't really know if I am articulating myself in the way I want to.

 

Being a transgender woman is something I am very proud of, being able to be free and have control over my identity is liberating, but it isn't always filled with a sense of freedom. There are a lot of days when I am crippled with dysphoria, which leaves me unable to leave the house to do simple tasks, there are many things that I want to do to feel comfortable in my own body, but my priority right now is a particular procedure called Facial Feminisation Surgery (FFS). FFS would significantly improve my quality of life and relieve mostly all of my dysphoria.

The biggest part of this surgery for me is what it would do for my mental health, the dysphoria that comes along with being a trans person can be ugly, it hurts a lot, it has stopped me from progressing in so many aspects of my life, and I guess this is me asking for a support in this, which as I said I find incredibly scary, but Medicare does not currently subsidise these surgical procedures. Some affirmation surgeries in Australia are still considered cosmetic so they are very expensive.

Please do not feel like you have to contribute if you can't; this is just here if there is someone who feels like they can help out :) Even a share is worth just as much, but don't feel obliged. Just someone listening means the world. I'm glad I can tell a little piece of my story

 

Sending all of you my love,

 

Edie x