So my friend, Kevin, opened up a gofundme campaign a few days ago, thought I’d help him out and share his words. You can find his gofundme page Here.
Hello. My name is Kevin. I'm a 17 year-old transgender male. I reside in Chicago, IL. I am currently a senior in high school.
I, honestly, didn't know if I should start this foundation for myself, but I really need help from you guys. So, as you know, I'm a transgender male. I knew something was not right when I was around 13; however, I never told anyone about it. When I turned 15, I identified as a male. I had people call me by Kevin on a site called IMVU, which is where I met other transgender people, and they helped me figure myself out, but people outside of that site didn't know anything about me. I finally had the courage to come out to my friends at school. They, of course, were very supportive. After a while, I started feeling dysphoric about how I looked because I still had to pass as a female. I ended up cutting my hair to shoulder length and then even shorter.
Now, I had to come out my mother. I thought coming out to my mother was going to be the easiest thing. Considering the fact that she's bisexual and has a lesbian partner, I thought that I was going to be accepted. However, when I came out to my mother on December 26th, 2014, the first thing my mother did was laugh and ask me if I was being stupid. Since that day, I haven't been really emotionally stable. My mother and I have fought every single day because she doesn't understand that I identify as a male. It got to the point where she told me I would be an embarassment to her and that I ruined her life because I'm transgender. She still callls me by my birth name and by female pronouns.
I don't have any male clothing, any male undergarment. I only own female clothes, female items, and anything else that you can think of. All I really want is to be able to dress masculine, have a proper haircut..
Be able to wear a suit by senior graduation. Be able to start taking testostorone. Be able to change my legal name. Dressing up with female clothing and having your own mother say that, "you're a woman because you were born as one" is the worst thing you can think of. The only thing I want is to be able to present myself as male. I just really want to be able to be myself.
If you guys could help me out, then that will make me really happy. Please and thank you.
