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So I'm finally employed but my first paycheck isn't coming until the last Friday of the month and is only gonna be like $500, and the house is broke and running out of food too. Rent is $875 due on June 5 at the very latest. I am also going to get commission information posted as soon as I get the stitches taken out of my knuckle. Please help us make up the difference in the meantime

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in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

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Shira is in the emergency room with a very bad infection after being forced to live on the street after surgery.

We are approaching the beginning of the month, and she urgently needs the €600 for the house rent before the 1st. Please, we kindly ask for your help and support. We are truly in desperate need of assistance at this difficult time.

We have raised €234 out of the €600 needed for the house rent. Please, please share this with others. We only have a small amount left to reach our goal.

Come on folks, every little bit helps. Lets not put her back out on the streets!

In the past, a week in this hospital has cost us $300 for both of us to get food we can actually prepare and eat in a hospital room. We are looking at some insane upcoming costs, even if our insurance covers everything directly related to the surgery, because it absolutely won't cover the food costs.

oh, and I'm going through a cancer scare, waiting on a biopsy. Just totally separate from all this, so yknow. Sort of bracing for things to get worse.

Anything helps with this. I made art and you can buy pieces at my kofi If you'd like to help directly, I have a gfm and my payment links are as follows. Dm for proof or details.

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a neophallus can get erect with an implant (this will either be a bendable rod or a device that inflates with saline at the press of a button, usually in the testicles)

both can feel sexual pleasure and experience orgasm

most neovaginas will be able to tolerate larger insertions with enough dilating/training

the nerves in neophalluses take a while to regrow but it is incredibly rare to experience no sexual nerve growth

both can look and feel "normal" if that's what you want, just take good care of your scars and look at your surgeons' results portfolio (and don't be afraid to be picky! its your genitals, you get to decide!)

in fact it's possible for many people to stealth and for their sexual partners to never know. even for phallo, some people with natal penises have erectile implants too, ED is common. neocaginas are often indistinguishable from natal vaginas

many surgeons are starting to offer preservation options for patients who want a more mixed look/don't want to lose what they have

you can have nothing and retain sexual function, even! it's called nerve-preserving nullification. similarly to other bottom surgeries, they use the most sensitive tissue (glans/clit) to create a subdermal pseudoclitoris

yes you can pee like normal. urethral reroute leaves a small hole at the perineum (taint)

all the advice about scars from OP applies here too!! take care of yourself well and it can heal well

I also never got an explanation as to why he did external stitches that scarred like Frankenstein when none of his other results look like mine—I assume it’s because I have thinner skin than his other patients. this part doesn’t bother me but I imagine it would bother other people.

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I’m currently preparing to be out of work from mid June till August or September recovering from bottom surgery and am trying to not freak the hell out about finances (and failing! :D)

I’ll be on medical leave and (fingers crossed) will still get some pay but with a mountain of medical debt on the horizon, I know it won’t be enough. I’m the sole breadwinner for my household so being out of commission for a couple months is the most terrifying thing for me.

I’m updating my Kofi page with a new goal for recovery. I’ll also have some art pieces up for sale if you wanna support me that way. If there’s any interest in commissions, I’ll definitely consider that as well (email [email protected] for art inquiries).

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It's halfway through the month, but very close to finishing! Please help me get there, and thank you all again!

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I have a bunch of stuff on sale on my kofi as seen below, and I'm trying to add more every day. Anything you get there helps massively with this. My links are also below if anyone would like to help outright.

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