Help a Trans Southerner Get Top Surgery

UPDATE: consultation is done, waiting on a date!!!!

I WILL DRAW A LIL SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE WHO DONATES!!! You can see my art here!! https://instagram.com/orynrusset.arts?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg==

Yo, my name is Oryn!! I am a 19-year-old transgender artist dude...and I need top surgery.

MY STORY: I realized I was nonbinary in 2019 at age 15, after I started hiding my hair in baseball caps, begging my parents to let me cut it short, and wearing button-up shirts instead of dresses to church. The years since have been spent figuring out how to live life as comfortably and authentically as I can and coming to terms with everything about being transmasculine. Now, in 2024, I am confident in my identity as a nonbinary boy (specifically I identify as genderfaun) and have been on Testosterone for almost 2 years!! I am more comfortable with myself than I have ever been. Now, as the next step in my transition, I'm raising funds for a double mastectomy, a.k.a top surgery!!!

Gender dysphoria surrounding my chest is something I've been experiencing daily for years. There have been many times when it increases my anxiety and insecurity to the point where I don't want to be seen by anyone or leave the safety of my room. Other times, it's bearable, but having boobs is just annoying. Binding helps so much, it has for years, but doing it too often is physically dangerous, especially with my restaurant job working 8-hour shifts. Even with a binder on, I don't feel safe going into certain spaces. I live in the southern United States, and if the wrong person sees my binder or sees me when I'm not wearing one, my life could be in danger (which is...a harrowing thought). And now that I'm over a year on T, I can't pass as just a masculine girl, either. My transness is noticeable.

So, it seems like such a simple thing, but top surgery is life-saving care in more ways than one. I know it will make me feel safer in my own body and out in the world. And, needless to say, it would be amazing to have it done as soon as possible, especially with trans healthcare on the line in American courthouses right now.

BUT! I am yet another low-income worker on a non-liveable wage who cannot afford a medical procedure in this country. I'm currently saving up to support myself while I work towards getting a tattoo apprenticeship, which is unpaid and full-time. So...not many funds will be coming my way. I can't afford to make top surgery my first priority, as much as I would love to.

SO!!! Any funds donated to Oryn's super official Yeet the Teet top surgery fund will be put towards:

-the procedure itself

-traveling to a doctor if needed

-materials for recovery

-just supporting myself in general as I won't be able to work for a couple of weeks while in recovery!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Thank you, from the very bottom of my heart. I feel guilty asking for money, but my friends assured me it would be a good idea, so here we are! Thank you so much to anyone who supports or shares this GoFundMe or has supported my journey at all, in any way, these past several years. I love and appreciate all of you!!

Sincerely,

Oryn <3