My name is James, and I am a 20 year old trans man. I am a sociology student, an aspiring author, an activist and employee for an LGBT nonprofit, a best friend, a big brother to my two younger sisters, and a son to my mother and father. I also call myself a father to my cat, dog, turkey, and numerous chickens; all of which I love dearly.
My journey in transitioning has been a less than smooth one, especially when it came down to finally getting my top surgery booked.
To keep it short; I have been facing bump after bump all throughout the process of getting to where I am now due to rescheduling, my work, my surgeon quitting, my surgeon returning, and various screwups on my insurance’s part. Despite all of this, I have fought and pushed my way to get where I am now, only to hit another roadblock. I now am unable to pay for both living expenses and surgery expenses.
This surgery is a vital one, both to my physical and mental health. My ribcage is deformed from 5 years of binding my chest every day, and I now suffer chronic back and shoulder pain on top of the pain in my ribs. My mental health has suffered heavily as a result of this, both because of the strain of fighting depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria, but also from being unable to bind as often as I need to fight the dysphoria.
I currently live with my father whose own health is failing. Between our two paychecks, we still struggle to pay our bills every month. My mother is unable to help us financially, because she is living in a similar situation as my father and I, though she also cares for my two younger sisters.
I will be seeing Doctor Satterwhite through Brownstein and Crane Surgical Services on October 18th, 2018 for a bilateral double mastectomy. This procedure itself covered by my insurance; however, since I will be unable to work for 6 weeks, we will be struggling to keep afloat until I am able to return to work.
As of right now, I am still unable to fully cover other medical expenses (such as wound care supplies, medications, mobility aids, etc) because of my financial situation.
Right now, anything will help us keep our bills paid, keep food on the table, and keep me healing safely.
I will also be adding my link to my amazon wishlist and gofundme, if you are able to purchase, donate, or even share anything, I promise you, it will help me immensely.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-james-pay-for-top-surgery
http://a.co/4XCa5znI was just kicked out of my house. Any little bit helps, even just sharing my link.
Longg story short: My dad was allowing an ex gang member whose own mother kicked him out of his house for beating his wife live in our backyard. I expressed my discomfort with this, especially because my younger sisters are there and this man was also bringing girlfriends in without telling us.
But as they say, abusers defend abusers. My dad screamed in my face that there was no proof and no police involvement (we’re family friends with that whole family. I saw the cuts and bruises on the wife. There was no doubt she was battered.) When i had my youngest sister and roommate get some stuff together to stay at my moms for the night, my dad caught me outside as I was getting into an uber, and screamed at me in front of the driver that he hopes im prepared to stay at my mom’s, because I’m not allowed back.
He chose a wifebeater over his own son. That’s where I’m at right now.
I’m essentially homeless, and it’s less than two weeks way from my top surgery. I cannot stress enough how much even just sharing my campaign will help me.
Help Me Pay For Top Surgery
Published
rip tumblr 