Help a trans man get top surgery

Hi, I'm JC, I'm a 23 year old transgender man living in Cape Town

 

I grew up in a small town with a conservative family where I had to face many struggles with discrimination to get the opportunity to live my life authentically. I finally got the opportunity to start doing so in August of 2023 and since then I have taken the first steps on my medical transition. 

 

I am now in a place in life where I am ready to take the next step, getting top surgery. Being a man with breasts has negative impacted both my mental and physical health greatly and as well as causing alot of discrimination from people in my personal life, co-workers, potential employers, and strangers in public. This gender affirming procedure will be life saving for me, it will also improve my ability to function in day to day life immensely as well as improve my safety in this society as it will help minimize the discrimination I face.

 

Getting top surgery is unfortunately a very expensive endeavor as no medical aid covers any gender affriming care. Turning to the public health sector in this regard is also unfortunately not an option for myself as well as many transgender individuals as the government does not see gender affirming surgeries as the necessary life saving medical care that it is and instead classifies it as an entirely cosmitic procedure leaving myself and many others to self fund the procedure. As I am a student living on a very thight budget, trying to save up for this procedure on my own has proven next to impossible and with having no financial support from my family crowdfunding seems like the best option. The funds raised from this campaign will be used to cover the surgery as well as hospital costs and consultations with doctors.