Help Trans Creator Pay For Surgery After Scam
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UPDATE: Thank you all so much for helping me reach my goal in less then 6 hours. I'm so truly humbled and honored by your geneority and kindness. I'm going to leave this GoFundMe open for a few more days, as the surgeries will cost more then just $5000 (as outlined below, they are $14,000 in total). I was just aiming to recoup my losses after the scam, so anything additional will literally go directly from this GoFundMe and into my financing payment for the surgeries. So any more money given will go directly to fund my surgeries. Thank you all so so so so so so so so much.
Who the hell I am: Hey there you amazing human being! My name is Jessie "Gender" Earl. I'm a transgender YouTuber who creates videos about how Star Trek and Science Fiction helps us be better human beings, as scifi has given me the conviction that the world, as long as we work for it, can be a better place. I also write and make educational videos about LGBTQ and transgender issues.
That's my face in a video!
What I need: Money to help pay for my upcoming gender confirming surgeries, including Breast Augmentation and Facial Feminization Surgery.
Why I need it: Honestly, I was not planning on asking for financial help with surgery. However, literally days before I have to pay for the surgery, I was scammed out of $5000 from my bank account. While I am working with police and the bank to get my money back, most likely I will not without the unlikely chance we catch the people that did this. As a result, I am in a much more financially insecure position than I had hoped, and I really need your help to make these really meaningful surgeries happen without my finances being completely drained.
What you can do: Help me recoup the $5000 that was stolen. I'm only asking to recover the $5000 that I lost so that I can cover the surgeries as I had planned. The actual cost the surgeries is much more and I don't wish to ask to help me cover all of it.
Here’s the money information:
Cost of Surgeries - $14,000
I was financing the surgeries out via CareCredit, a surgery credit card financing company. I plan to hopefully pay off the surgeries within 48 months. With the CareCredit's 16.9% APR, my payments per month will be $404.
I was hoping to use my savings to help me cover the cost of the monthly payments (on top of my other bills like health care that I pay out of pocket for), the loss of the $5000 makes that much more difficult, stressful and risky, especially if any other life events occur like an injury, surgery complications, car troubles, ect...
The below video delves into what happened and my current emotions around the whole event.
When I need it: ASAP, as I am paying for surgery with the CareCredit Card literally the week this goes up.
Why this surgery is so important to me: After years of struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, coming out as transgender completely changed my life. It finally let me love myself in a way that I never knew I could. Yet, I have still always felt a dissociated with my body and how I feel in it. Getting my first gender confirmation surgery really helped me finally feel confident in myself and who I am. Yet, I still deal with depression and anxiety about my body that I am 100% certain these surgeries will help alleviate and finally let me feel comfortable in who I am and fully myself.
I was honestly really hoping to pay for this all on my own, but with this scam that cost me $5000, I feel violated, as well as scared and nervous about something that I had previously been extremely excited about. So any help you can give would truly mean the world and change my life for the next few years.
Here is me with my stepmom after my first surgery a few years ago. This surgery changed my entire life for the better.
What you can do: I am only asking for what the scammers took from me, in order to get back the place financially where I could pay for the surgery myself. Anything beyond recouping my losses is greatly appreciated, but my only hope is to get back even a small portion of what was taken.
Additionally, if I do somehow get the money back from the scammers (which will mostly likely not be for months if ever) I will reach out to everyone who donated to return their money, and if you don't want it, I will donate your portion to a charity, as it's important to me to not take advantage of anyone's generosity.
I thank you so much for your support. Like I said, I don't expect to get all of the money back with this GoFundMe, but any help you can give will be a great help towards alleviating both my anxiety with the situation, my financial burden over the next few years, as well as completely change my self-confidence and connection with my body that I have dreamed of since learning I was transgender.
Live Long and Prosper My Friends
Who the hell I am: Hey there you amazing human being! My name is Jessie "Gender" Earl. I'm a transgender YouTuber who creates videos about how Star Trek and Science Fiction helps us be better human beings, as scifi has given me the conviction that the world, as long as we work for it, can be a better place. I also write and make educational videos about LGBTQ and transgender issues.
That's my face in a video!What I need: Money to help pay for my upcoming gender confirming surgeries, including Breast Augmentation and Facial Feminization Surgery.
Why I need it: Honestly, I was not planning on asking for financial help with surgery. However, literally days before I have to pay for the surgery, I was scammed out of $5000 from my bank account. While I am working with police and the bank to get my money back, most likely I will not without the unlikely chance we catch the people that did this. As a result, I am in a much more financially insecure position than I had hoped, and I really need your help to make these really meaningful surgeries happen without my finances being completely drained.
What you can do: Help me recoup the $5000 that was stolen. I'm only asking to recover the $5000 that I lost so that I can cover the surgeries as I had planned. The actual cost the surgeries is much more and I don't wish to ask to help me cover all of it.
Here’s the money information:
Cost of Surgeries - $14,000
I was financing the surgeries out via CareCredit, a surgery credit card financing company. I plan to hopefully pay off the surgeries within 48 months. With the CareCredit's 16.9% APR, my payments per month will be $404.
I was hoping to use my savings to help me cover the cost of the monthly payments (on top of my other bills like health care that I pay out of pocket for), the loss of the $5000 makes that much more difficult, stressful and risky, especially if any other life events occur like an injury, surgery complications, car troubles, ect...
The below video delves into what happened and my current emotions around the whole event.
When I need it: ASAP, as I am paying for surgery with the CareCredit Card literally the week this goes up.
Why this surgery is so important to me: After years of struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, coming out as transgender completely changed my life. It finally let me love myself in a way that I never knew I could. Yet, I have still always felt a dissociated with my body and how I feel in it. Getting my first gender confirmation surgery really helped me finally feel confident in myself and who I am. Yet, I still deal with depression and anxiety about my body that I am 100% certain these surgeries will help alleviate and finally let me feel comfortable in who I am and fully myself.
I was honestly really hoping to pay for this all on my own, but with this scam that cost me $5000, I feel violated, as well as scared and nervous about something that I had previously been extremely excited about. So any help you can give would truly mean the world and change my life for the next few years.
Here is me with my stepmom after my first surgery a few years ago. This surgery changed my entire life for the better.
What you can do: I am only asking for what the scammers took from me, in order to get back the place financially where I could pay for the surgery myself. Anything beyond recouping my losses is greatly appreciated, but my only hope is to get back even a small portion of what was taken.
Additionally, if I do somehow get the money back from the scammers (which will mostly likely not be for months if ever) I will reach out to everyone who donated to return their money, and if you don't want it, I will donate your portion to a charity, as it's important to me to not take advantage of anyone's generosity.
I thank you so much for your support. Like I said, I don't expect to get all of the money back with this GoFundMe, but any help you can give will be a great help towards alleviating both my anxiety with the situation, my financial burden over the next few years, as well as completely change my self-confidence and connection with my body that I have dreamed of since learning I was transgender.
Live Long and Prosper My Friends
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Jessie Earl
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Los Angeles, CA
