Hiya! I'm Logan and I'm a 31-year-old non-binary/trans masc person and I finally have a date for a gender-affirming surgery! I'm scheduled this March to get a hysterectomy, and I'm hoping to raise money to help me fund my procedure as well as cover some costs while I'm out of work and recovering.

Since I was about 6 years old, I knew with certainty that I did not want to be a person who bore children. I recall talking to my mum about it and how genuinely confused I felt when she told me that my body was the kind that could get pregnant and how terrifying the concept of pregnancy was, and still is. I told her I didn't want to and would want to make sure I never could.

As I aged and matured, that decision to remove my uterus never wavered, and when I started having menstrual cycles, it further worsened what I eventually figured out was dysphoria. Besides never having a regular cycle, I would have intense symptoms in addition to extreme irregularities in the cycle. Overwhelming pain, nausea, irregular bleeding, and more inhibit me from living my life. No doctor ever looked deeper into any issues I could have, or what could be causing such issues. It wasn't until I brought up how dysphoric having a period/getting pregnant made me that I started getting anywhere with my request to get sterilized.

I'm hoping these funds will help me not only pay for the cost of surgery, but cover the cost of any medication I'll need post-surgery, food, and bills, as well as the time I'll be missing work in recovery. This is a rough estimate of costs, but anything over my goal that goes unused I plan to donate to organizations like the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (ATPN) and the Sahodari Foundation. Especially in today's times, any help I can provide, I will! With the rapid reduction in already limited trans care, the security I will have in having this procedure, and possibly having the extra funds to cycle back into helping other trans folks get care is very important to me!

I have been wishing and working for this surgery for more than half my life, and I'm so unbelievably grateful to be at the point to receive it. This is extremely gender-affirming and life-altering for me and I can't put into words how much it means to me. Any amount helps, and it would be so wonderful to not only finally get this procedure done, but to know I'll be able to recover comfortably with no worry is even better. Thank you so much, for everything!