Help me afford top surgery
Hi y'all, for those who don't know me, I'm a disbled, neurodivergent, trans man living in Cape Town, South Africa. I'm also a gradstudent in Astronomy currently busy with my PhD, an artist and a poet.
In South Africa we don't really have many options to pursue transition, our private medical aids and insurance don't cover any of it, not even hospital costs as they classify gender affirming care as a cosmetic process instead of the life saving medical care we all know it is. Going through the public health sector is also not really an option as the waitlist is over 26 years long due to our national government again seeing gender affirming care as purely cosmetic and only giving one spot for any gender affirming surgery per year.
In South Africa there's also still alot of stigma around being trans and trans people face violence and discrimination on a daily basis, so in addition to the usual benefits of getting top surgery, it will also greatly improve my safety
This is however very expensive, being a student I am on a very tight budget, living paycheck to paycheck already, trying to save up for a procedure that costs nearly my entire yearly income is next to impossible, I also can't turn to my family in this instance as they are extremely transphobic
So the only option I have left is to try and crowdfund it. As I am South African I unfortunately can't use go fund me, so I'm using the South African croudfunding service, backabuddy, it does accept paypall and I-Pay
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 f
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated
So far I have raised:
R12 006.11/R120 000.00
$671.00/$6 712.35
(usd for convenience, conversion rate on 27 May 2025, $1 = R17.89)
After a year and 3 months, we have finally reached 10% of the goal, so thank you to everyone who has donated so far.
Unfortunately, if we keep up this rate, I'll only afford top surgery by 2040 if infation stays at the current 4% rate. That is still alot quicker than having to wait until nearly 2050 as is the case for going through the public health care system, provided global and local politics allows that program to keep running for that long.
To try and reach the goal a bit quicker, I will be offering commisions of digital multi wavelenght composites of astronomical objects in colour schemes of your choice:
1 image: $10
2 images: $15
3 images: $20
Each composite will be made from 3 science grade images in any combination of uv, optical, infrared, and radio data, depending on the available data. Images will be sent to you upon the payment reflecting in backabuddy. You can also request specific combinations for an extra $2. Dm me if you're interested
Some examples of composites I've made in the past:
The Carina nebula, in g-band optical, infrared, and radio
NGC 4565, in UV, g-band optical, and infrared
Galaxy group HIPASS J1059-09 in g-band optical and radio
