Hello I am Shaira Bambi Choudhury, I'm mustering all my courage to ask for help and as much as I don't believe I am deserving of your help I am desperate to not feel this horrible.

I am a Non-binary Trans Woman (Pronouns They/She). I am a Muslim, British Bengali and that complicated my coming out for a long time. I don’t really know what my pivotal coming-out period was. It was never a moment of excitement or an event to revel in. It was small, timid steps of desperation, of wanting to be seen. Not through someone else’s image, but my own. Those steps I regret not taking earlier but am elated to have taken, nonetheless but it has still been difficult. I finally came out to my mother in 2019 who I thought would disown me due to our faith but she accepted me.

So after coming out and now three years on from getting on the NHS waiting list, I am still waiting for even my first appointment. I was fortunate enough to go privately for hormones though I was self-medicating before then because of the fear of any of my family finding out.

I still have an atrociously long wait to go on the NHS actually offering me to even go on the surgical waiting lists for anything BUT I am finally getting my surgery on the 20th July 2026!!

I am now gonna be raising money for both help with the costs during the surgery and for Facial Feminisation surgery. I will break down the costs below in an image; these are subject to change depending on where I get it.

Here is the breakdown of approximate funds as I will try to be as transparent with you as possible.

I know I am asking for a lot but it truly is a necessity more than anything for me. Even sharing this will be helpful. I super appreciate everyone for even taking the time and reading this. That in itself means so much to me!