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<div>Update: 050125 TYSM for your amazing support. We love you so much. We're taking on a new electrologist to work alongside the first and have updated our goal to match. Further details on our Instagram @glasgowelectroloysisproject &lt;3
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<div>We are fundraising to train and equip a transfem electrolysist in Glasgow!
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<div>We are gathering resources to help her get set up!
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<div>We’re putting on a gig and we have a gofundme!
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<div>WHAT? WHY?
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<div>Electrolysis is a kind of hair removal often done as part of a trans woman’s transition.
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<div>It is rarely offered at the moment by the NHS in Glasgow (and by extension most of Scotland. When it is, it's often a fraction of what someone actually needs.
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<div>We’re trying to plug this gap and reduce barriers to access in the process. Barriers like;
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<div>Cost: Electrolysis is a luxury for almost everyone else, and it’s priced like it. But for a lot of trans women, it’s part of the fee to get to go out into society. We’re gearing the set-up towards this, with tiered pricing and less luxury brandings.
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<div>Mutual support: Receiving electrolysis from another trans woman can help lower the psychological barriers to access for many trans women - especially for intimate areas or where there are other medical conditions.
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<div>We are a group of trans women, friends who used to meet for a discussion group, and occasionally do projects together. We are joined by two amazing electrologists-to-be. They're stars and we're excited for you to see them at the upcoming gig
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<div>IS THIS A NEW IDEA?
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<div>No - it’s been done before! Manchester has done the same - Siobhan, friends, and activists in Manchester fundraised to set up Siobhan with equipment and training in 2017. She’s been working on a tiered pricing model and says clients often really appreciate receiving electrolysis from another trans woman. She’s been really helpful to us and if you need electrolysis in Greater Manchester, check her out! <a href="https://www.electrolysisbysiobhan.co.uk/meet-siobhan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.electrolysisbysiobhan.co.uk/meet-siobhan" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.electrolysisbysiobhan.co.uk/meet-siobhan</a></a>
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<div>Share our profile, gofundme
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<div>Let us know if you know about cheap studio premises
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<div>Let your friends know
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<div>No really, nudge the boys x
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<div>WHAT WILL MY DONATIONS GO TO?
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<div>This is an amount of money trans people routinely fundraise for personal transition-related healthcare. It would be sad if we failed to raise that for a trans project because it was doing something new. With that in mind, we want to be open with you about what things cost and where the money is going. Here are some guide figures to help:
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<div>Around £4k will go to training. This figure includes one anatomy qualification (a prerequisite) and one recognised electrolysis qualification. This will cover two people for training, and for associated costs incurred in going to the training. This figure also changed from our original goal with a change of training provider. More about that on our Instagram. 
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<div>Around £1100 will go to the machine. Electrolysis machines generally cost around £900 to £1500. The electrolysists will decide on a model to fit their work and clientele after training.
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<div>Around £2050 will go to other things. This includes licencing the premises with the council, getting needles and furniture and to set-up the premises, rent for the premises while we help her get set up, travel and support for the week spent in training, expenses incurred in fundraising (printing, venues), and so on.
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<div>Anything left over will go to supporting the electrologists in getting set up, getting a fundraiser set up in another city, or to a pay-it-forward scheme for electrolysis sessions in Glasgow.
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<div>This text was edited on 050125. You can read the previous version here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2rmCYmS73_ebIcJ9AUxekXNloQ4_Wr0v3xHYDhRKWQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2rmCYmS73_ebIcJ9AUxekXNloQ4_Wr0v3xHYDhRKWQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2rmCYmS73_ebIcJ9AUxekXNloQ4_Wr0v3xHYDhRKWQ/edit?usp=sharing</a></a>
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Glasgow transfem electrolysis project

<div>I'm organizing this fundraiser for a good friend of mine, Nicole, an amazing community organizer in Toronto. She urgently needs help in exiting sex work and supporting herself while in school, recovering from trauma, and looking for other work (which is made more difficult as a disabled woman who is visibly trans). For her safety we are not including her photo. She describes her situation in her own words below, **CW for sexual assault.**
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<div>Last week, I was sexually assaulted by a client. He started by trying to penetrate me without a condom several times, though he missed (and missed hard enough to hit my pubic bone instead painfully). At that point I told him I didn’t have sex without a condom and asked him to put one on. He agreed, and I thought that would be the end of it. But then after a while he pulled out and said “I think the condom has slipped off inside you.” Taking his words initially at face value (though they seem more insincere every time I think on them), I got him out of my place as quickly as possible, put on gloves, and attempted to manually extract the condom. Nothing. So then I went to urgent care, to get it removed and also to get a prescription for PEP. I got the prescription, but they couldn’t find the condom either, and I was told it should come out if it’s in there (though they expressed doubt that it was). It didn’t come out over the next couple of days, at which point my suspicions increased. I had the idea of excavating my garbage to see if he’d dumped it there while cleaning up. I found it scrunched inside the cleaning wipe I’d given him. 
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<div>It's not the first time I’ve been sexually assaulted by a client (one time even being at knifepoint), but I desperately need it to be the last. I need to not be doing this anymore. I have as a result of this event developed a visceral distrust of clients to the point that I don’t think I would be able to see them even if I did want to continue in this line of work. Unfortunately, the reason I got into sex work in the first place is because after months of looking, applying to innumerable jobs, etc., I was unable to find work (likely in part due to being visibly trans) — let alone work that was compatible with my disabilities (I cannot stand for long periods of time, so no retail), ADHD and autism, etc., let alone that worked with my schedule and paid enough to live on. I’m the primary homemaker for my household, have a dog to look after, no car, etc. I am also going to be quite busy with classes (unfortunately, the OSAP for the spring and summer terms will only really cover classes and materials, etc., not enough to live on). I am also on PEP for the next month and having some wicked side effects (fatigue, grogginess, and the worst nausea I have experienced in my life). While I originally planned to support myself with sex work through this period, that is no longer an option for me. 
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Disabled caregiver needs help exiting sex trade

<img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/48776172_1591984340979947_r.jpeg" alt="48776172_1591984340979947_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />The White Mountain Apache Tribe COVID-19 relief fund has been established to help with the immediate needs of the community. Charitable donations made to the White Mountain Apache Tribe is deductible under Section 7871 of the Internal Service Code. A written acknowledgement of donations will be provided upon request. The Tribe's Emergency Operations Command (EOC) is accepting non-monetary donations at the EOC building located at 612 S. Chief Avenue, Whiteriver, AZ 85941. The Tribal Treasurer will ensure all donations and contributions are properly documented for reporting and accountability purposes.

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<p>We are a collective of dancers, DJs, bartenders, managers and owners strip clubs in Portland Oregon. We believe that it is essential that the adult industry help develop and implement cultural sensitivity training including but not limited to race, gender, sexuality, and assault prevention. The first place to start with this is the management and staff teams.<br /><br />Because many owners flagrantly ignore their contractors civil rights, there are many people who have advocated for this training. These funds will be used partially as a relief fund for those who have not received unemployment during the lockdown. They will also be used for future fundraising, legal fees, applications for permits so that we can picket particular clubs, as well as much needed financial support which could go to creating a dynamic community of dancers who can operate without fear of retribution.<br /><br />We were recently featured in Rollin' Stone Magazine
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<p>I already transitioned once. Now I'm poor, unable to afford HRT or any surgeries, and watching my progress reverse. Please help.
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<p>I've known I was transgender for most of my life. When I saw Aladdin for the first time, it became very obvious when I would ALWAYS use "MY three wishes" to invariably 1. be a beautiful girl and 2. still marry Jasmine. I spent the next 10 years of my life hiding this because school and movies and TV and all forms of media told me that I was the weirdest kind of laughing-stock FREAK. It took me until I was about 18-19 to really start considering who I was and who I wanted to be.
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<p>So when I was about 20 and finally started taking hormone therapy, I was about the most excstatic, excited, sobbingly-happy girl you can imagine. I have a major phobia of needles but I gave myself an injection every single week and kicked that phobia's ASS to do it with no trouble at all. I cannot tell you how it changed my life for the better.
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<p>And four years ago, disaster struck in 3 ways simultaneously. 1. My only living family member (my mother) was taken to jail for years. 2. My income dropped so far I was nearly homeless a dozen times in the past decade. At one point, a predator let me and my then-fiance stay with him and turned out to be a paedo. Three times we were rent scammed. It was a very rough few years. And lastly, 3. Progynon Depot 10mg/ml injections, the ones I'd been taking happily for years, were discontinued. Apparently they still make them or something similar in India? But there's also dozens, and dozens of other options for estrogen and estosterone blockers. I cannot afford them. But I also cannot afford to spend more years of my life poisoning myself with testosterone and dreading walking by mirrors or walking outside or hearing "Thank you sir" at the grocery store.
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<p>I need HRT. This treatment consists of 2, potentially 3 parts. 1. Estrogen, obviously. 2. T-blockers - something to stop my body from being confused about the new estrogen levels and trying to add testosterone levels to compensate. Very important. 3. totally optional - feminization regiments including estrogen-based creams that reduce or soften hair growth and other such things. I've never used anything like that, never felt the need to, though I'm not opposed to looking into it.
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<p>All money raised will go towards FINDING A DOCTOR AND/OR PAYING FOR MEDICATIONS, and living expenses because again- I am poor as heck. The ultimate goal for me is FACIAL FEMINIZATION SURGERY which can cost 15-25 grand, so thats just a pipe dream for now. I just want HRT for a year or two and the necessary things that come with transitioning.
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<p>However, 8,000$ is NOT ENOUGH FOR SURGERIES. If I reach the 8k goal I will change it to 20,000 as 15000-25000$ is the general price range for facial feminization surgeries in America. Just to be transparent, that is the plan!
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<p>And remember, if you can afford to help me out, BLM / NAACP fundraisers need your help too! <strong>BLACK LIVES MATTER!</strong>
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