Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this :)

My name is Dio and I'm a 22-year old transmasc hoping to get gender-affirming care! In the UK, top surgery can cost between £9,000-£10,000 (excluding consultation fees, after-care equipment and other clinic fees!) which is difficult to pay for anybody - especially younger trans people like myself who don't come from a well-off family. For the past 3 years I've been able to save / raise £3.6k and I need help finally reaching my goal!

As I, and many others, sit on a 5~ year waiting list to be seen by the NHS we're left with no other choice than to go private for our care. Therefore I'd like to humbly turn to my community and kind strangers for support with my fundraiser :)

Getting this surgery will allow me to live the rest of my life authentically as who I truly am. I'll be able to move more confidently and bravely through the world and relieve the dysphoria my chest gives me.

I want to also say a huge thank you to my colleagues at EDiT Gallery and printmakers Ricky Byrne and Dave Buonaguodi for their collaboration on a screenprint edition “Life’s Too Short To Be Beige”. All sales proceeds from the print will be donated to my fund and I couldn’t have wished for better fundraising support!! You can check out the print here: https://www.editart.co.uk/products/lifes-too-short-to-be-beige 

Thank you for supporting trans youth!

Dio