Angelinas Gender Confirming Surgeries

My name is Angelina Grace and I am residing in Ontario, Canada. I am a trans women working with trans femme identified people within my community.

I am usually a very independent person and have an extremely difficult time with admitting I need help but, this is one of those time’s. As I am saving funds currently towards my Facial Feminization Surgery. Seeing as this is one of the most expensive gender affirming surgeries, it is proving to be more difficult that I had anticipated. To be quite blunt I intended to pay for this myself with funds that were taken from me due to really unfortunate events that have seemly shaken up my world seeing as I was planning to have this done within this year or early next, in other words the universe gave me a swift kick in the butt.

Along with everyday bills and the cost of living right now I can only save small amounts at a time, meaning it would take a significant amount of tine to reach a goal that as of right now doesn’t seem reachable.

This is currently one of the surgeries that is deemed “cosmetic” in the eyes of healthcare so they refuse to cover this procedure. Little do they know the constant battle trans people face due to dysphoria, especially dysphoria pertaining to the face.

Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person feels due to a mismatch between their gender identity and their sex assigned at birth.

This battle is one I struggle with on a daily basis and one that continues to keep my isolated and horribly uncomfortable feelings on a daily basis. You see, working with makeup and hair for so long has taught me techniques to be able to help mask things that make me uncomfortable but, they don’t get rid of these things. The real hurt comes when the makeup and the hair gets stripped back, when I deal with attributes to my face that scream masculinity at me constantly. Dysphoria is a completely crippling feeling and unfortunately we only have a limited ways to treat it, which are gender affirming surgery and hormone replacement therapy.  Both are optional and not needed to transition and feel comfortable but every journey is different. 

A lot of people might think this is silly and say I don’t need this, but that’s where people have to open their minds to understand that this is not only for my quality oflife in terms or what I see in the mirror, it is also peace of mind in being about to feel safe in public, to not feel like each person who stares at me is looking at the things about me I’ve grown a distaste for. It’s the deep breath that I will finally be able to take once I can look in the mirror and see myself properly. 

I have chooses Dr Eric Bensimone in Montreal, Canada. The procedures I am looking to get is: Hairline reduction (lowering of the hairline) 9-10.000$ , Rhinoplasty (nose) 7-8.000$ , Jaw/Chin reconstruction (softening/deducing the size/shape of the face) 5.000 each.

Many might believe this is silly or unneeded but, to be it would mean that my life would finally start, that the mental warfare that goes on daily will help hush the voices of Dysphoria. Anyone, if you choose to even just share. I thank you endlessly. 

Angelina Grace xo