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Help a Black trans kid afford care
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aim
IMPORTANT: donations still open! Help us reach £8000! In the face of NHS failings Isaac and his family need your help to afford healthcare.
Isaac’s story
Isaac is a Black trans kid living in England. He is an expert baker of chocolate chip cookies, loves painting and drawing sharks, and has a budding rock collection. He’s obsessed with highland cows, and knows all the words to Hamilton.
Isaac has a very supportive family who want to help him access healthcare. However, they are in low income work, and are on universal credit.
They therefore need your help to afford care for Isaac.
Growing up trans
Isaac identified as a boy as soon as he could talk, and he socially transitioned in primary school. He has now been waiting for treatment for over eight years.
Before puberty, Isaac was very active and outgoing, playing in sports teams every week. But since puberty, his life has been on hold – he feels unable to do many of the things he enjoys until he can get treatment.
NHS failings
Isaac received a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from the NHS England Gender Identity and Development Service (GIDS). However, the clinical timelines were so slow at GIDs that this diagnosis came too late for him to access any medical treatment before the clinic closed in 2024.
Like many of the young people, Isaac has found the new NHS trans healthcare clinic for under-18s – the Children and Young People's Gender Service - to be traumatic and abusive. He also has no hope of being prescribed medication there.
For more information on young trans people’s terrible experiences at NHS clinics, see Dr Cal Horton’s article, “The worst thing I ever experienced”.
Isaac needs treatment now
Isaac feels uncomfortable out and about and has been excluded from many hobbies and things that he loves. Without treatment, he also doesn’t feel safe to visit his extended family in the Caribbean.
However, he is now at an age where he can legally access hormone treatment from a private clinic.
How much money does Isaac’s family need?
We are aiming to raise up to £8000. This is to cover the cost of the following for up to three years:
- Diagnostic appointments
- Subscription to a private clinic
- Medication costs
- Blood tests
Isaac’s family may save on some of these costs if they can find a GP who will provide shared care and blood tests. However, this is not guaranteed.
If Isaac’s treatment costs less than the money raised, any remaining donations will go towards a top surgery fund for when he is an adult.
If there is still remaining money not spent on Isaac’s healthcare, the family will donate this to fundraisers for other trans kids and/or other trans people of colour.
Who is running this fundraiser?
I’m Dr Ruth Pearce, an academic researcher with expertise in trans healthcare. I have known Isaac’s family for many years. They asked for my help with this fundraiser to protect Isaac’s privacy.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made