Hi there!

I’m Noah (he/him) and I’m a trans Musical Theatre performer. I am currently in my third year at Trinity Laban, about to graduate and move into the professional industry.

I am sharing this with you to raise funds for my top surgery. I came out as transgender when I was 13 ( about 8 years ago now) and have been socially transitioning ever nice. I have been lucky enough to begin my medical transition, having started testosterone in August 2025….coming up to a year ago now…go me!! Although, I know there is still a big part of me missing.

Most people know me as a kind, compassionate and funny guy. I mean my performance review at my part-time job listed my greatest strength as comedic timing so I very much like to keep things light and amusing. But for anyone who spends time with me in person will be no stranger to watching me uncomfortably tug and adjust my t-shirt, complain about agonising rib aches or let out a sudden yelp in an attempt to take a deep breath. I have been binding now daily, 11 hours a day for 7 years. This is really no way to live and I know deep down that I deserve better.

I feel at a point in my life and health where top surgery is a necessity for me to carry on.

This type of gender-affirming care in the UK is around £10,000. YIKES! So I’m asking for just half of that to start the process of saving for surgery. It’s taken a long time for me to be okay with posting this and asking for help, but at this time in my transition, I know that I deserve it. I believe top surgery will transform me into the best version of myself that is itching to be seen. I want to be someone who is outgoing, confident, and brave. I yearn to wear a semi-see-through white t-shirt, to spend a day shirtless on a beach, and to perform in a show as my true self (who isn’t trying to sing and dance his heart out in a binder).

I remember many years ago seeing a statistic stating the average life expectancy of trans men was approx 35 years old. Whether this is true now or not, I spent a vast part of my teens not expecting to make it to 20 let alone 35. I tell you this now to paint a picture of the reality of life for marginalised queer folk and show how I refuse to simply be another statistic.

I am proud for myself for asking for your help.

Thank you, lovely people for taking the time to read this and understand a little part of my story and why I am sharing this. Thank you to everyone who donates or shares this; please know I am giving you the biggest hug, high five or smiley thumbs up I can possibly manage. You all mean the world to me and one day when I am frolicking in some field with my designer nips out, I’ll be thinking of you….

With lots of love,

Noah :pp