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Help Rowena get Hormones and update her documents

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My name is Rowena. I'm 25, I'm from southwest Michigan, and I need help continuing my transition. About two years ago, I left my family home to go back to college to get my bachelors degree. I also used this as a chance to come out to the world as a trans woman, and shortly after going to a new school in a new city and new state, I began hormone replacement therapy. For a while things were going well, until my financial aid took a massive cut and  after I finished one year at my new school, I had to move back home because I could not afford housing. While my parents allowed me to move back home, they are less than accepting of me being a trans woman and misgender me constantly and make transphobic comments about me. Finding a job has been difficult in part because I haven't been able to update my documents or change my legal name. Updating my legal name and gender would make the process of finding a job much easier, better allowing me the chance to get out of my parents' house and finish school.

Due to costs and the fact that my doctor is in another state, I haven't been able to continue hormone replacement therapy, which has taken a massive toll on my wellbeing. I've been severely depressed and have been struggling with suicidal ideation for months now, which has made finding a job and trying to get out of home much much harder. On top of getting back on hormone replacement therapy, what would help ease my dysphoria significantly would be getting laser hair removal. Not having to worry about my facial hair constantly would do a lot for managing my dysphoria. 

I need help to be able to change my name, get a passport with the correct gender markers, change my name and gender on my drivers license, get back on hormone replacement therapy, and get laser hair removal. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you so much for reading, sharing, or donating!

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Rowena Fowler
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Portage, MI

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