Donate to Spencer's Top Surgery Fund

Hello! My name is Spencer Jensen and I raising money to pay for my top surgery. I am a non-binary & trans masc individual who has dreamed of having a flat chest for years--even before I understood my gender identity and began my transition.

My chest dysphoria grows daily. I have H cup sized breasts that are heavy, painful, and impossible to hide. Every time I get dressed, look in the mirror, or just look down at my chest I don't feel like myself. I feel like I am trapped in a body that doesn't belong to me and isn't my home. Top surgery will not only improve my overall well-being and daily functioning--it will save my life so that I can live as me.

Top surgery is hard, inaccessible, and expensive for every trans person. I also happen to be a fat, trans person which has immensely impacted my access to gender affirming care. I have reached out to 30+ surgeons in the state of Colorado and have been refused even a consultation due to "too high" of a BMI. I have spent my lunch break at work nearly every day for the past 6 months calling surgeons and begging for someone to help me. Every plastic surgeon in the state of Colorado has told me no--I am too fat to receive gender affirming care.

I have been a fat person my whole life. I have spent the majority of my life wishing to be smaller and trying to lose weight. In my early 20's I finally accepted myself as a fat person and learned to love my body, rather than hate it and wish it were different. Unfortunately, the medical community still practices fatphobic policies, even though BMI restrictions for top surgery is not support by research .

Out of desperation, I asked my doctor to prescribe me weight loss medication so that I can lose the weight necessary before I lose my health insurance in August when I turn 26. Insurance denied coverage of this medication because I am a healthy individual and have no medical reason to lose weight. And it cost $1200 out of pocket--per month.

I felt completely hopeless and spent countless nights crying thinking that my body would be stuck like this forever. Until I found the Gender Confirmation Center in San Francisco . They do not discriminate patients based on BMI and the incredible Dr. Ley has taken me on as a patient. I have top surgery scheduled for this July!

However, I cannot do this alone. Insurance will only cover a portion of the surgery and I have to travel out of state to get this procedure. I am hoping to raise $10,000 so that I can pay for my portion of the operation, 10 days worth of lodging and food in San Francisco (for myself and my partner who will be my caregiver while I am recovering), air travel costs, and all of my post-operative care costs without having having to go into debt.

Any size donation is welcomed and appreciated--even if you just have a dollar to spare, your donation is essential for me to get this procedure! Thank you for reading my story and considering donating to my top surgery fund :)