If you don't know me already, my name is Miles! I'm a 25 year old trans man. I've been on the waiting list for the Gender Identity Clinic in the UK for just over a year and a half. However the waiting list is far too long, and while I am transitioned socially, waiting for anything more is honestly so mentally and physically draining. Hence why I have started a fundraiser to go private.

While I hate to ask for help, or money, I want to live as myself, as who I am meant to be, and to be able to grow into the man I want to be. Currently, waiting leaves me feeling trapped in a body that isn't mine. It's a long wait, and I can't afford to do anything about it on my own, no matter how much I tried to make it work on a hospitality worker's wage.

The funds donated here will be used to cover the diagnosis process, initial and further assessment fees, as well as at least a year's worth of testosterone. While £4000 is an estimate, any leftover funds will be saved for any further medication payments or even to start saving for top surgery. None of this money will be used for any other purpose as I live comfortably on my wage and I work hard for that, but private healthcare is just completely unaffordable to someone working just above minimum wage.

In future I hope to start a store to provide stickers and charms which will also be to raise money for this cause but that is far further in the future right now.

UPDATE: The goal has been updated as now I am raising money for top surgery, and I am due to have a consultation on the 8th of August. This is likely to cost around £9000 and with over £1400 already raised for my hormones I have enough left over to cover this private consult. But the surgery is going to be difficult to fund. Especially with trying to live my life around it.

Thank you in advance for even taking the time to read this, as well as my eternal gratitude for supporting my cause.

Forever grateful,

Miles.