I've had a feeling since I was as young as 6 that I was not a girl. I wanted to play with the things intended for boys, I wanted to wear boys clothes and felt uncomfortable in girls clothes. I vividly remember as a child going into the boys toilets at school thinking "This is where I'm meant to go". I grew up with a transphobe for a father and so it wasn't until he left that I could finally be myself. In 2015 I came out to my mother and in 2016 I started coming out to friends one by one. In 2018 I got a job and I told both of my managers for support with my name on the schedule. By 2020 I was socially out to friends and my close family, and met my partner. And in 2021 I came out to all of my department.

I have been out and accepting of my identity for 8 years now.

I have been aiming for the goal of Top Surgery since I came out. I have been unable to go with the NHS due to my GP not referring me in the first place, to the long 6+ years waiting list. So I have been saving for myself to go private. I know the surgeon I want to go with and I hope that if I can raise this money I will be able to have surgery next year.

I really hope this can be achieved and I am so so grateful to everyone who donates.