Help LB Get Top Surgery

I’m honestly a bit nervous to be making this. It’s hard to ask for money and to also be a bit vulnerable and open up, but here we go! So, I’m trans, I identify as non-binary transmasc. My pronouns are He/They and I go by LB or Leah, definitely do prefer LB though. I’ve known I was trans since I was 16. It took me 2 painful years of hating myself and stressing out every single day for me to eventually accept my sexuality. I remember during high school I was like, yeah no I’m not going to deal with being trans right now my mental health just started recovering. And so I pushed it to the back of my head and hoped these thoughts and feelings would go away. It just felt way too overwhelming because I had no support systems at my Catholic school or my christian household and if I wasn’t accepted I had no community to turn to. This led to me just holding onto these thoughts in the back of my mind for years. I slowly began sharing with some friends. About 2 years ago I started actually meeting more trans folks and started forming that community and support system I had been looking for for years. Finding a trans support network has helped me gain the confidence needed to finally take steps forward to getting gender affirming surgery, which I’ve literally been fantasizing about since being like a teenager. 


I’ve gone through the process of getting a therapist, being diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and getting a permission slip note to get surgery. On Friday, I got a call and received my official date for surgery, Jan 26th 2021. I’m so excited that that’s only 7 weeks away! I’ve wanted this for so long and it’s finally happening. Unfortunately this is a very expensive surgery which is why I’m publicly reaching out and asking for financial support. I have to submit a $750 deposit by Jan 16th, the overall surgery is $6,000, and I’m budgeting $1,250 for recovery. I know 2020 has been a hard hitting year, but if you have any amount you can donate I’d greatly appreciate it. I shared this last night on twitter and already received a few donations and it really made me tear up. This is just so personal and something I’ve wanted for so long and felt so so scared to tell anyone and to see people supporting me just makes me overwhelmed to the point of tears. 


Mariah Carey said it best: All I want for Christmas is you (to donate to my gender affirming surgery fund). Please consider donating or sharing. I’ve gone ahead and made a shareable image for Instagram and Twitter that I’ll go ahead and leave in the comments. If you feel comfortable sharing that image on your social media that would mean so much to me!!! Please tag me!!!