Dee's Gender Confirmation Surgery Fund

Hi, I'm Dee. I'm an artist, a leatherworker, a writer, a mom, and a few other things.

I'm also transgender.

Gender dysphoria dictated so much of my life for so long. It drove me into denial for decades until I finally came out. And now, I've finally got a chance to do something about it. Hormone therapy and medication only gets you so far, though, and I have both gender confirmation and facial feminization surgeries scheduled for November of 2024, which, thankfully, my insurance covered. I know. Usually it's the surgeries on their own that need a gofundme, but this is here because of everything else that isn't getting covered.

This fund exists because since I'm self employed, there's no such thing as medical leave or paid time off to cover my recovery, and I'm looking at up to two months of me being unable to work and keep myself fed and homed. The fund also exists to cover things like my stay in another town where I'll be stuck for the first two weeks of recovery, any other emergency expenses that might arise in the meantime, and the usual 'expenses not covered by insurance' that seem to plague some gender confirmation procedures. I'm trying to cover my bases and make sure that the thing I need to put an end to my dysphoria and help me live a much better life doesn't put me at risk in other ways.