Help Piranha Finally Get Top Surgery!! ⚧️

Hi! I’m Piranha, a trans masc drag queen who has been performing and making art in Arizona for 9 years. I started my transition around the same time I started drag. I have struggled with severe gender dysphoria for over a decade now, particularly around my chest, but live in a state where gender affirming surgery is not covered by insurance. I have been under the poverty line my entire life and will likely never have the opportunity to afford this surgery without community support. I am concerned about what might happen to my rights to gender affirming care and surgery during the upcoming administration and worry it might be now or never.

Gender dysphoria made my life as a teenager hell. I have scoliosis and kyphosis, and by constantly slouching as a teen trying to conceal my chest I worsened my condition. I have severe back pain that impacts me every day, and hope that the confidence from top surgery will better my posture and possibly pain.

Because of my gender dysphoria I was suicidal and self destructive, I spent 6 months in a rehab facility for a life threatening eating disorder, followed by another 6 months of intensive outpatient, and years of therapy since then.

I am no longer self destructive and have been secure in my recovery for over 6 years. I have worked hard to love my body. I’ve made all the progress I possibly can, and at this time in my life I love everything about my body other than my chest. I’ve grown to care for my body as a vessel, and love it for what it is, but I need to make this body my home. The only way I can make my body entirely my own, is through top surgery. If you want to help me finally be at peace in my skin please consider donating, thank you so much <3