I’m sorry that it’s come to this.
I absolutely hate asking for help, especially because I have so many friends on here who have gone through far worse, but my friend very kindly opened a Ko-Fi for me, so I couldn’t turn it down.
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My actual name is Samuel. I am 17 years old, turning 18 in just a handful of months. I am Venezuelan but was born in Spain, which as you may know, was recently rated as the safest country for LGBT+ folk to live based on legislation.
I would love to say that that can be the case forever. Unfortunately, our very socially progressive president has also turned out to be a massive scammer, and our presidential election is next year. All polls and predictions say that he will lose to his right-wing opponent, and that is a problem.
In 2022, Spain put out a set of laws that allow transgender people over the age of 18 to change their legal name and gender without having to undergo any surgeries or hormonal treatments. Some of the laws introduced had exploitable loopholes which have been used by criminals to get away with their crimes, and this has led the popular right-wing to announce they will “amend” the law.
However, they have made it abundantly clear that their idea of an “amendment” is an entire rewrite, removing legal protections for trans people and once again making it illegal to change your name and gender without surgery.
This is where my problem comes in.
My birthday is on October 1st. The elections are in April of next year. Name changes take a while to process in the system. The cost of changing my name is around 230€ Euros, money that I do not currently have and will not be given by my parents.
I need to raise the money by my birthday, so that very weekend I can immediately run to the courthouse and get my documents changed. If I don’t manage to change my name before the new party gets voted in and the law gets rewritten, I will spend another 4-8 years unable to escape my deadname that is associated with absolutely so much pain and such terrible times in my life. I do not want to go to university and still be trailing this horror behind me.
I know this is an incredibly selfish thing to ask, and there are thousands of trans men out there who are in much more precarious situations than I am, but if you have literally any money to spare, I am begging you, the tiniest amount would be so absolutely appreciated. The further I can get with donations, the less I will have to cover through more unsavoury means, and I really do not want to have to go into the industry so I can finance my new documents.
Please. Anything helps. Even just a reblog. Thank you.
