Hey guys, my name is Ducky – you can call me any variant of that as you please (ducks, ducko whatever your heart desires lmao). I am a 23 year old trans male with a few things I would like to ~get off my chest~ ayyyye *finger guns*.
I guess it’s time to get real and explain why top surgery is so important to me and my mental health. I have very strong overpowering memories of the first times I would bind as a child and for those unfamiliar with the term, binding is a practice pretty common among trans masculine folks who flatten their chests to alleviate some of the dysphoria they have centered around that part of their bodies. For a very long time my chest has severely affected how comfortable I am leaving the house. Looking in the mirror and always seeing something that feels so foreign and alien to me causes me an immense amount of anxiety that only binding alleviates.
Binding for long periods of time however can have a very negative impact on your lungs and ribs, and I find myself always in the balance of not being able to take a deep breath because I’m not at peace with my body and not being able to take one because my binder is preventing me. This is a surgery I need and I am hoping that with your help it might happen for me. I opened this fundraiser to accept help for something I will not be able to manage on my own, and once I am on the other side of this hurdle I can’t wait to spend my time and energy on how to make this a reality for other trans guys out there. I can’t thank you enough for giving me your time, thank you for all of your love and support it has always meant the world to me, I consider y’all internet fam to me.
Beautifuldifferences 