Jules' Transition Fundraiser

Hey! My name is Jules and I’m a trans woman living in the UK looking for help in starting my transition. First, a little about myself:

After having identified as non-binary for quite some time now and presenting as femme for a little under 2 months, I’ve realised quite to the extent that I’ve been repressing my feelings of gender dysphoria. I’ve pretty much known that I’m a trans woman for as long as I can remember but whenever I felt these feelings bubbling to the surface, I would try my absolute best to suppress them. I refuse to bury them any longer – I want to live my life as the most true and authentic version of myself and this is it. In a bitter twist of irony, I’ve found since I’ve began to embrace myself and my gender for what it really is, these feelings of dysphoria have only gotten louder and more prominent and so I’m wanting to start my transition as soon as possible.

As some of you may know, transitioning in the UK is way more difficult that you might initially think. The NHS is completely unfit for purpose when dealing with trans healthcare and as I’m already 25, I can’t wait 4-5 years before I get a first appointment at a gender identity clinic. As a result, I’m going to have to pursue treatment through a private provider.

This is unfortunately going to be costly and given my own financial situation, with my incomings barely enough to cover my outgoings as is (something that is likely going to get worse in the short/mid term due to the cost-of-living crisis) despite the fact I’ve cut back wherever possible. Simply put my day job doesn’t pay well enough to cover my living costs, debt repayment, and transitioning privately. It will take me years to be in a position where I can realistically manage all the costs without incurring even further debt otherwise. This is all hugely impactful on my mental health as not only am I stressing about money but the feelings of dysphoria are continuing to mount with no way of addressing them.

I’ve set up this fundraiser for anyone who can afford to and wants to help me out with these costs. Obviously there are no obligations at all, I don’t even really know what I’m expecting to be honest but if you can help out in anyway that would be so massively appreciated. Any money raised will go towards one of two areas – either the initial start-up fees/running costs for hormone replacement therapy and laser hair removal. Both are things I will need to seek privately at significant cost.

This will help address the two areas that are causing the most grief/dysphoria currently – knowing that my body is continuing to generate testosterone and continuing to masculinise (treatable through HRT) and my facial hair (treatable through laser hair removal). Both HRT and laser are the two most important treatments in starting my transition.

Any additional funds (if at all) will go to any admin fees in sorting a new driving license/passport/GRC. Essentially this fundraiser is to help me get started. Surgery is so far down the line I haven’t even thought about it yet. Right now I just want to get started for my own mental sake without making my financial/debt situation even worse.

But yeah that’s pretty much it! I really hope you can help me on this otherwise scary but very exciting journey. It’s going to be a long road but I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. If you can’t afford to give anything, I totally understand – especially given the current climate but even if you could just share the link around, that would be such a massive help. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and helping me get the treatment I desperately need.

Trans rights are human rights, now and forever.

Peace and love,

Jules x