Hello - my name is Tay. I am a 24 year old nonbinary person living in the UK.

I have struggled with gender dysphoria since I began puberty at age 10, primarily with my chest. When I was little and first experienced breast growth, I remember immediately crying to my mother about how I didn’t want this to happen to my body - I didn’t know there was a word for how I felt, as a teenager I found out about the nonbinary spectrum and found how to label myself.

In my teenage years I found it was possible to not have just a breast reduction, but to masculinise my chest entirely, and this is a goal I have been reaching for ever since.

I unfortunately have quite a large chest, which causes back pain alongside the dysphoria. I feel immense nausea doing simple everyday tasks like showering whenever I have to touch my chest and it has lead to vomiting, self harm and panic attacks on multiple occasions. I try to wear baggier tops ever since it began developing and I’ve been binding since 2023, and it impacts my daily quality of life to be so unhappy and so uncomfortable with my body.

Having a double mastectomy/FtNB top surgery will change my life - not only will it of course finally let me be happy with how I look and feel in my own body, it will massively reduce the back pain I get from the weight of my breasts and improve my mental wellbeing, as my dysphoria plays a huge role in myself struggling to feel happy and comfortable with my life.

All funds raised will be stored in a separate bank account I will not touch until I am able to afford to go private for the whole procedure start to end, and I aim to deliver updates regarding the status of the procedure once the ball starts rolling.

Every single penny raised counts, and I will be eternally grateful for anyone who helps, even by just sharing this fundraiser, for helping me towards living my life without discomfort and misery towards my body. Thank you ever so much for even just considering a donation.

Lots of love, Tay.