CHASE’S TOP SURGERY FUND

Hello beautiful people <3

Thanks for clicking on my fundraiser link. My name is Chase and I am a trans-masculine person from the UK. I have been fortunate enough to begin my medical transition journey earlier in 2024 through access to hormone therapy and it has been a truly exciting and liberating time. But for the next important step, I need some help.

For those who don’t know, sadly trans healthcare in the UK is severely lacking, with NHS wait times for gender affirming surgeries ranging anywhere from 4-7 years. Understandably, this wait time is far too long for many people, including myself. For those who know me, coming out has been far from simple - and I don’t want to have to wait for years to live as my most authentic self.

Therefore, my alternative route is through private healthcare, which is expensive, especially as UK citizens do not have medical insurance options to cover surgeries like in the US and Canada. I am scheduled to have top surgery in early 2025 with my preferred surgeon and have worked out that the total amount for surgery related costs will be approximately £9500.

I am currently funding this amount by myself, which as you can imagine is a daunting prospect, and it would be amazing to have some community support to help with these costs.

I appreciate this is a tough financial time for many and so if you do not have the means, but can share this page within your social circles, that would also be massively appreciated.

Love and solidarity,

Chase x