#nonbinarytopsurgery

[lissagreenleafholmes]

I'm six weeks post op as of yesterday :)

[why-oh-why-did-i-do-this-blog]

Top Surgery (Teet Yeet)

Hi I'm Kam Brooks, I'm a nonbinary transgender college student who's currently in their Sophmore year at Seminole State College of Florida's Sanford/Lake Mary campus.

I'm currently saving up for top surgery (also know as a double mastectomy/chest masculinization surgery) which for those who don't know is a gender affirming surgery for transgender/nonbinary people. My gender dysphoria has become increasingly worse in the last year and due to job-related circumstances I wasn't able to save up very much money during my summer. I am extremely grateful for those who donated to my YouCaring fundraiser while the site was still up but the effort from both parties still wasn't much of a dent in my surgery bills.

Here's what they look like:

Non-refundable fee for reserving a date: (Orignially $500) Now $1,000

Surgical Fee: $6,500

Hospital & Anesthesia fee: ~$1,900

Pathology Examination fee: $300

The total is: ~$8,400

*This estimate excludes gas/travel, hotel and post-op care supply costs

Outside of being a full time student and working ~20 hours a week, I help out at Zebra Coalition as a part of their Youth Council. There, with the collaboration of other young leaders on the Council, I coordinate events to give a voice and extend support to the LGBTQ+ youth here in Orlando. On top of all of this, I'm also the president of Unity! Gay-Straight Alliance on my campus with an overall goal of creating an intersectional, supportive safe space for LGBTQ+ students, providing local resources to them and educating non-LGBTQ+ people on various issues as well as how to be more supportive and respectful of their LGBTQ+ peers.

This is why I need some sort of support. I can only do so much alone and I want to keep making my contributions to the LGBTQ+ community and its youth but I'm limited due to mental and physical health problems from binding and gender dysphoria. I often times wear a chest binder 10+ hours a day, 6 days a week and slowly but surely am suffering from the affects on my body. My back can oftentimes ache due to the compression. I can also experience some tightness in my chest and even (on thankfully very rare occasions) have an ache or two in my lower ribs. I'm doing what I can to develop safer binding practices but I know it would be better for myself and my body in the long run if I got top surgery sooner rather than later.

So please if you can buy a shirt and/or share the link. If you can't buy a shirt then please donate whatever you can to my Venmo account here: Kam-B

Any sort of contribution is greatly appreciated and another step toward my goal. Thank you so much for supporting me!

Kam Kills Dysphoria T-Shirt | Bonfire

Help support Kam's Top Surgery Fund by buying a shirt! All profits go to the fundraiser!. Hi I'm Kam Brooks, I'm a nonbinary transgender col

[drgarramone]

WOW Wednesday!!! We never get tired of getting our patients post operative photos! If you want your photos on our WOW Wednesday post send them to [email protected] . We feature all@of our patients, big or small, #ftm or #nonbinary we feature them all! Give us a call to setup your surgery with Dr. Charles Garramone today [phone]. #drgarramone #mansculpting #nonbinarytopsurgery #lgbtq #trans #ftmtopsurgery #transgender #transguy #genderfluid #genderneutral #neutrois #transmasculine

[why-oh-why-did-i-do-this-blog]

Alright so I hardly use this blog anymore and only lurk but get to know more about me! I’m a 19 year student going to a (junior) college and hoping to transfer to a university in the next year. While I’m a full time student I work part time (with a whopping 8 hours a week) in hopes to save up for top surgery. Due to how low my hours are I barely afford bills food and all that fun adult jazz and while I would love to take up a second job I have to be and will be a full time student coming this fall. (I have to because I’m on academic scholarship, which is one of the requirements). I have insurance but it only takes the costs down from $8,400 to around $6,600 (this excludes the costs of travel and hotel stay). So what I’m trying to say is, ya boi is broke and growing more and more dysphoric. So any and all help is appreciated. Share the link of even message me directly about ideas or whatever you think could help. Also here is my paypal below in case you can't buy a shirt! Every bit helps! paypal.me/KamGB Thank you to anyone that reads, shares, donates and/or picks up a shirt!

[germainedelarch]

Second post- top surgery swim of the season (Winter). No words. Just feelings: contentment, happiness, belonging, relief, to name a few. 5 Months #posttopsurgery #nonbinarytopsurgery #teamnonipples #nonipplestopsurgery (at South Africa)

[germainedelarch]

The Reveal today. See the chest, MY chest for the first time today (made a YouTube vid about it earlier). Come what may, it's my body by my design. Discussed with photographer documenting me yesterday whether being nonbinary and not looking like a cisgender or coverboy trans man isn't harder than not transitioning at all. My answer: life is hard; no one promised us any different. But a hard life being the you more YOUer than you is something I'll choose over and over again over being the Germaine everyone thought I should and expected me to be. My nipple-less chest, like my bald head 6 years ago at the beginning of this creation, not finding of self, is "the blank canvas from which I am creating my self, for my self, without allowing who I was am or think I should be to limit the infinite possibilities of who I can be." - #quotesbygermainesgabrieldelarch #topsurgery #nonbinarytopsurgery #nonbinarytransition #teamnonipples #thereisnorightwaytobetrans #thereisnorightwaytobenonbinary #thereisnorightwaytobehuman (at Johannesburg - South Afrika)

[germainedelarch]

Top surgery in 2 weeks!!! Physical health good - bronchitis healed, blood pressure and pulse normal and everything physically perfect "for someone in midst of nervous breakdown" - Doc. Now just to continue focusing on resting and mental health, and now that lungs are good to go, getting back to the therapy of weight-lifting! Most systems online, others being fine-tuned, and all a go for take-off! Getting very excited now 😁🎊🎉🎊🙌🏼🤗 (Thank you for your continuing love and support! SO appreciated! 💜) #topsurgery #topsurgeryprep #teamnonipples #nonbinarytopsurgery (at South Africa)