Hello and welcome!! This is a fundraiser for my magical friend RaeRae, who I have known for more than twenty years. RaeRae is an amazing person and I have set up this project to help them get the surgery and care they need. I am a part of a mutual aid community in Olympia, Washington that supports and cares for queer and trans people. and RaeRae is beloved to this community. RaeRae and their wife left the US as trans refugees and are now living in Uruguay. They have found a plastic surgeon next door in Brazil that specializes in transmasculine mastectomies. Timing is vital to their emotional well-being and this is their best option! I will make sure that RaeRae gets 100% of the donations and provide updates on their recovery and wellbeing.

Here is a message from their wife (who is also amazing!):

"My name is Bijhan. I am RaeRae's wife. I choose every day to be their partner because of who they are as a person. RaeRae's moral compass points true north. When we met, I had a weak sense of myself, my gender, and my ethics. Then I witnessed the heights of RaeRae's commitment to justice, the depths of their compassion, and the lengths they would go to make the world a better place. RaeRae has, ever since I've known them, fought for the rights of queer people, women and femmes, and marginalized people. As a Jewish person of conscience, their immense sense of right and wrong caused them to first question, then reject, the Zionist agenda. Now, despite their many disabilities and limited energy, they choose to spend that energy marching for Palestine, engaging with people online, and organizing to resist imperialism and the patriarchy.

RaeRae has been dealing with pain and chronic fatigue from fibromyalgia, grief, multiple psychiatric conditions including complex trauma, and even fighting cancer for years now. Despite this, they are not only an active member of our society, but also a great partner and cat parent, doing chores and running errands to the brink of their ability.

Now, to address pain and gender dysphoria, RaeRae comes to the community they've done so much for, and is asking for help. They need surgery to remove their breast tissue. Not only will this alleviate the depression and anxiety a trans person has when living in a body that is not their own, but it will also have a powerful effect on their physical pain, removing literal weight from their shoulders, and allowing them to move more freely - and more confidently - through the world. With this gift, RaeRae will have even more time and energy to give back to the community that means so much to them.

Please, be as kind and as giving as your circumstances allow."

***Breakdown of Proceeds***

THE SURGERY ($6,000 USD), which includes:

FLIGHTS TO AND FROM BRAZIL ($1,500 USD):

TWO WEEK HOTEL STAY IN BRAZIL ($1,200 USD):

TWO WEEKS OF MEALS IN BRAZIL ($650 USD):

OTHER EXPENSES ($350 USD):