Lenny's Top Surgery

It's very hard for me to start this fundraiser, and it took a long time for me to actually be courageous enough to share my story on here, but I'm genuinely desperate and don't know any other way right now.

Hi, my name is Lenny, and I'm a 27 year old trans man from Germany. I know that I'm trans since my childhood. Back then, I didn't have a term for it, but in the moment that I read about trans people for the first time I knew it for sure. By now I'm almost 2 years on Testosterone and trying to find a way to pay for my first surgery, the so-called top surgery, also known as mastectomy. I would appreciate if you took a moment to read more about my story. Thank you so much.

I'm aware that living in Germany goes within a lot of privileges, such as public health insurance, but even that can't help me right now. Getting my health insurance to cover the cost for this surgery would take me at least 8 months, probably even longer, and to be completely honest I don't know how to go on like this until I possibly receive a letter from my insurance, telling me that they cover the cost for my surgery. Also I've been trying to reach that point for years and it's never worked out... So I decided to ask the hospital if they could tell me how much I would have to pay if I decided to pay for it myself, and when I received the email with the amount of money, I got even more desperate.

For years I have been dealing with intense body dysphoria, especially when it's about my chest, and there is nothing that I want more than to finally be free and entirely live my life as the person I truly am. Every day is a huge challenge for me and on a lot of the days I feel so dysphoric that I can't even leave the house, especially because I can't go outside without wearing a binder or tape anyway but my lungs as well as my back are already damaged (not only because of the binder, but that is a huge part of the reason) so to not get worse physically the only way for me to get through the day is to stay at home. Luckily, I work from home, so at least that's not another issue here, but being self-employed also means that finances are never really stable, and at the moment I'm really struggling in general.

Nonetheless, I know that I need this surgery to feel better, and to finally be able to live a more or less regular life that's not as limited as my current life just because I'm not a cis person. Finances are tough already, so covering the cost for the surgery myself is unfortunately not an option.

That's why I decided to start a GoFundMe. Maybe there are some people who are in a better situation financially and willing to help me out. Maybe no one is willing to support me, who knows, but it's worth a try.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story! ♥

Please only donate if you are financially stable enough to do so. If you can't donate but still want to support me, I would appreciate if you'd share my GoFundMe with others, for example on Social Media. THANKS!