Queer Brown Trans Northerner's Top Surgery Fund
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Love Muscle has created this fundraiser on behalf of one of their resident DJs, a queer brown trans person who needs to remain anonymous for the safety and wellbeing of some of their family members and themselves.
From the information in this fundraiser, you may know who this person is. Before you share this fundraiser, please read the following:
Rules of engagement
It is essential that members of their family who are not in the UK do not see this fundraiser. For this reason, we ask that you follow these rules of engagement:
- The person the top surgery fundraiser is for has said that they are happy to be contacted privately.
- Please share this fundraiser across your social media platforms if you would like to support them in other ways. Do not tag any of their social media handles into this.
- Please do not mention this person by name in any sharing of this.
- You can DM or message Love Muscle if you’d like to check anything or know more.
Included in this fundraiser, is an additional £600 to support a queer brown Muslim access therapy that is essential for their wellbeing and safety.
Here is a statement from our resident, who this fundraiser is for:
“I am a trans, non-binary activist, DJ and artist currently living in Leeds. Other than Love Muscle, you might know me from parties/ causes Flesh in Tension, House of Flava and the artist duo that rhymes with Flower Face ;). I’m proud to be non-binary and trans, and if you know me, you’ll know it’s something I am lucky enough to be vocal about and amplify in my work in the UK.
The country I was born in has anti-LGBTQIA laws (it is still illegal to be LGBTQIA), which are often more strict for their Muslim population (we can face Shari’a law). I am born into Islam, am documented as so, and my family who lives back home are all Muslim. Because of this, I am unable to be openly trans and queer back home. Even though I go back often, I have to be in the closet and find ways to protect myself.
I am doing this fundraiser anonymously because I want to have more time with the younger members of my family, and continue to get to know them. Selective hearing only gets me so far and if this fundraiser was not anonymous, there is a real possibility that I will be unable to go back to where I am from. There is also a real chance that not only would my safety and wellbeing be put at risk, but it could put certain other members of my family at risk too.
Next sentence CW: extreme dysphoria, self-harm.
I’ve desperately tried to alter how I look (specifically my chest), mostly damaging my body since I was 11 years old. I’m now in my late 20s and am struggling to see a way to go on. I can’t tell you how much achieving this fundraiser would help me to exist. All I want is to move forward in life as the person I am in my mind, soul and heart.
I am also raising an additional £600 to support a queer brown Muslim who is in vital need of therapy right now and is in a similar circumstance to my own in terms of their family and being outed.
Thank you for reading this.”
Suggested Donations:
If you are on low/no income a suggested donation is between £0 - £10
If you are earning income a suggested donation is between £10 - 15
If you're on a comfortable wage a suggested donation is between £15 - £30
If you're on a comfortable wage but also white, cis-gendered and straight a suggested donation is between £30 - £60
Fundraiser breakdown:
£9,469 will cover the cost of top surgery with a private clinic in London, the consultation appointment and travel to and from the consultation and appointments.
£600 will be used for an anonymous queer Muslim PoC to receive vital therapy which is necessary and essential to their wellbeing and safety right now. We hope to achieve 10 sessions at a subsidised rate.
£431 Estimated GoFundMe processing fee, based on peer fundraisers (including VAT)
Tip: When donating, manually put the tip percentage as 0% so you're not overcharged, GoFundMe takes a portion of all money raised anyway.
From the information in this fundraiser, you may know who this person is. Before you share this fundraiser, please read the following:
Rules of engagement
It is essential that members of their family who are not in the UK do not see this fundraiser. For this reason, we ask that you follow these rules of engagement:
- The person the top surgery fundraiser is for has said that they are happy to be contacted privately.
- Please share this fundraiser across your social media platforms if you would like to support them in other ways. Do not tag any of their social media handles into this.
- Please do not mention this person by name in any sharing of this.
- You can DM or message Love Muscle if you’d like to check anything or know more.
Included in this fundraiser, is an additional £600 to support a queer brown Muslim access therapy that is essential for their wellbeing and safety.
Here is a statement from our resident, who this fundraiser is for:
“I am a trans, non-binary activist, DJ and artist currently living in Leeds. Other than Love Muscle, you might know me from parties/ causes Flesh in Tension, House of Flava and the artist duo that rhymes with Flower Face ;). I’m proud to be non-binary and trans, and if you know me, you’ll know it’s something I am lucky enough to be vocal about and amplify in my work in the UK.
The country I was born in has anti-LGBTQIA laws (it is still illegal to be LGBTQIA), which are often more strict for their Muslim population (we can face Shari’a law). I am born into Islam, am documented as so, and my family who lives back home are all Muslim. Because of this, I am unable to be openly trans and queer back home. Even though I go back often, I have to be in the closet and find ways to protect myself.
I am doing this fundraiser anonymously because I want to have more time with the younger members of my family, and continue to get to know them. Selective hearing only gets me so far and if this fundraiser was not anonymous, there is a real possibility that I will be unable to go back to where I am from. There is also a real chance that not only would my safety and wellbeing be put at risk, but it could put certain other members of my family at risk too.
Next sentence CW: extreme dysphoria, self-harm.
I’ve desperately tried to alter how I look (specifically my chest), mostly damaging my body since I was 11 years old. I’m now in my late 20s and am struggling to see a way to go on. I can’t tell you how much achieving this fundraiser would help me to exist. All I want is to move forward in life as the person I am in my mind, soul and heart.
I am also raising an additional £600 to support a queer brown Muslim who is in vital need of therapy right now and is in a similar circumstance to my own in terms of their family and being outed.
Thank you for reading this.”
Suggested Donations:
If you are on low/no income a suggested donation is between £0 - £10
If you are earning income a suggested donation is between £10 - 15
If you're on a comfortable wage a suggested donation is between £15 - £30
If you're on a comfortable wage but also white, cis-gendered and straight a suggested donation is between £30 - £60
Fundraiser breakdown:
£9,469 will cover the cost of top surgery with a private clinic in London, the consultation appointment and travel to and from the consultation and appointments.
£600 will be used for an anonymous queer Muslim PoC to receive vital therapy which is necessary and essential to their wellbeing and safety right now. We hope to achieve 10 sessions at a subsidised rate.
£431 Estimated GoFundMe processing fee, based on peer fundraisers (including VAT)
Tip: When donating, manually put the tip percentage as 0% so you're not overcharged, GoFundMe takes a portion of all money raised anyway.
Organizer
Michael Upson
Organizer
England