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Hello everyone! My name is Ryan, I’m a twenty three year old trans masculine photographer/activist living in Baltimore, Maryland and I’m starting this fundraiser to help me pay to legally get my name changed and top surgery. As many of you know, most gender affirming surgeries are not covered by insurance providers, and the majority of my family is not supportive of my transition at all and have cut off all contact with me. I’ve always made it a point of mine, to exist freely and unapologetically as a Black queer man regardless of the consequences. If I am able to get even a portion of this funded, it will honestly change my life. I know this is a tough time for everyone right now, if you are unable to donate, please help me spread the word.

okay y’all... if anyone is still on this website, i have something to boost, and it’s a gofundme that i made for school. so last time when i made a post about needing money to attend community college earlier this year (since i had to sit out from my original school last semester because i previously lost a scholarship), y’all came through and helped me at the last minute! now this time, i was able to accumulate some money, pay off my student balance debt that i owed from losing my scholarship last fall, and now i’m able to go back to the original school i attend.

here’s the thing though: while i was in community college during the spring 2020 semester, i took the time out to fight to get the scholarship back, and they gave it back to me at the end of may, yay! but it’s literally august 1st, and I’ve been checking my financial aid award sheet / contacting the financial aid office for weeks to see when my school would respond and repost it on there, and i haven’t received a proper response yet from them about it.

it’s still not on there and school starts august 17th, and i have until august 19th to get registered / fiscally cleared to take classes. since these services are moving slow as HELL due to the pandemic, i can’t trust that the financial aid office will post my funds in time for me to take classes, so this gofundme is a backup plan for just in case the worst case scenario occurs and i have to come out of pocket to pay for school. please share this gofundme on this platform, and please post it elsewhere like on twitter & instagram! i’ve been boosting myself on IG, but i don’t have twitter, and it would really help if my gofundme received more exposure. if you need any more details / proof, it’s right there in my gofundme.

and as always, if you see this and you don’t like it, don’t interact. i shouldn’t have to say this but i won’t hesitate to embarrass your ass and cuss you the fuck out if you do reblog and say some stupid shit. it costs NOTHING to be kind or to move on.

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i also have cashapp, venmo, and paypal if you want to donate but don’t like gfm. my goal is $6750.

cashapp: $starstelliium paypal: paypal.me/starstellium venmo: @starstellium

i still need to keep my gofundme up at the current goal, so i can have the funds to pay off the rest of my current balance, extra money - about $2k of emergency money for any school fees that may come from left field, because like any other student... i’m always having financial aid problems, & i need to be extra prepped now.

i also need money to pay for supplies & txtbooks for the fall / spring, transportation to and from school, and for my living expenses such as 4 rent & utilities (like my phone bill, internet, the light & water bill) since i’m a commuter student that also helps take care of my 91 yr old grandma alongside my 60 yr old mom.

i also have this to say - if you donate, it’s cool if you do so through any links i provided, but i do prefer cashapp, venmo and paypal more than gofundme. gfm may take a big chunk of money away from me after all this, since they take 30 cents from each donation made, plus they take 2.9% from the total amount of money you get from your crowdfund. i just have gofundme obviously because i need people to see my story first of all.

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