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Our MissionTo serve the transgender community by providing the transgender individual with the financial resources necessary for their successful integration into society. Our VisionWe look forward to the day when all transgender persons have the financial resources to pursue normalization in their lives. Our ValuesWe believe in removing the financial obstacles that prevent transgender persons from seeking clinical support under the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association’s Standards of care for Gender Identity Disorders including specific psychotherapeutic, endocrine, or surgical therapies for people with gender identity disorders so they may achieve lasting personal comfort with the gendered self in order to maximize overall psychological well-being and self-fulfillment. Our JustificationHormones cost approximately $100 per month. Therapy is about $100 per session. Surgeries typically cost between $7000 and $50,000; some phalloplasties can cost upward of $100,000. Even with a well-paying job, these costs are often prohibitive. As a result, many transgender people cannot obtain medically necessary treatments because they cannot afford to pay for them. This can result in severe emotional turmoil, depression, and even suicide. To avoid this, some transgender people will resort to the black market to get their hormones or even attempt doing surgery themselves (such as cutting off their genitalia) – resulting in serious harm and sometimes death.
Contact InformationWe welcome any and all serious inquiries into the service we provide and accept donations from interested and caring parties to help provide the resources needed by so many.
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