If you still feel inclined to donate after the goal has been reached, feel free to do so. I will have to take one month off of work so I will really appreciate the extra funds. This money is all going straight to a savings account that will be used for and during top surgery and recovery.

Hi everyone, this is Lunes and I'm finally getting TOP SURGERY on July 10th!!!

Thank you so much for being interested in helping me afford this life-changing procedure.

I think it comes without saying that my chest has caused me great discomfort over the years:

When I was 12 I felt two small masses growing on my chest. I freaked out and went to the doctor who told me he couldn't touch them because they were boobs. I was growing boobs. When I got home, I cried confused. At 13, I had a breakdown and cut all my hair and eyelashes with nail scissors. I binded my chest in the bathroom, not knowing that's what I was doing. It just felt right. That entire school year I wore the same all-black outfit every day to blend in. One time I walked into the girls' bathroom where a girl was changing and she screamed at me to go to the boys' bathroom "where I belong" instead. The next year, I grew my hair out and started dressing more femme. The same people that ignored me the year before became my friends. Lesson learned: Be a girl.

I remember looking back at pictures of when I was 7, wondering what I could do to get back to not wearing a shirt again. At 14 I moved from Madrid to Panama and landed in a society that couldn't bear any gender non-conformity. I remember a girl in my high school got a pixie cut and they had her either wear a wig for graduation or she couldn't walk. I wanted to shave my head since I turned 15, but cutting my undercut was a decent compromise. I suppressed my feelings of discomfort and went through with being a feminine girl until I moved to Miami in 2017 and shaved my head. I went through a 'she/her > any pronouns > he/him > he/they' pipeline and the rest is history.

It's been 6 years since I came out as a trans man and finally, I feel like this is the perfect moment to go through with top surgery. I just graduated college and my mom, who's a teacher, is on summer break and will be my full-time caregiver for post-op care.

BUT I NEED YOUR HELP...

Thanks to Call to Action (and putting aside $$ from my paychecks) I've been able to save around $1300 since November.

I switched insurances to Cigna in April ($133.40/month) to be in-network with my surgeon and I thought that monthly premium would be all I needed to pay.

However, when I received the insurance approval, it came out to an out-of-pocket deposit of $1535.

From the savings, I was able to pay $767.50 on June 3rd to secure a date, and the remaining $767.50 will be due on June 27th.

I have been left with $295.74 in my top surgery savings account after this unexpected deposit.

The due date is approaching and I need help to get to my goal!

I will need to stay on my insurance until October (for my three-month post-op appointment). After that, I will switch to a cheaper insurance that just covers my testosterone prescription.

You can also contribute this way:

CashApp: $alwayslunes

Venmo: @alwayslunes

Zelle (DM @notlunes for the Phone #)

Lunes' Top Surgery Fund

By Lunes Oña

Lunes' Top Surgery Fund

IT'S A BOY! TITTY CHOP TIME!