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Gender affirming Top Surgeryisknown to improve and save lives. However, not all medical insurance companies cover the surgery and some patients don’t have access to insurance or the funds to undergo surgery. As one of the best plastic surgeons performing Top Surgery, Dr. Javad Sajan of Allure Esthetic created a program to offer pro bono Top Surgery to qualifying patients.

Patients may also not get a say in who their surgeon is or have absurd wait times to undergo care. “Many patients on state-subsidized programs have to wait years to get this life saving surgery. Through this program, we offer these patients a chance to have the freedom of choosing their provider and undergoing the surgery in a timely manner,” Dr. Sajan said.

Pro bono Top Surgery is available for those below the poverty line based on the number of people in the household. For an individual who lives alone, this equates to making less than $12,880 per year.

Since Dr. Sajan is located in the Seattle area, and travel and accommodations can be very expensive, the program is mostly going to be of interest to those who live in the Pacific Northwest, although those who have family or close friends in the area may still be able to make it work for them.

To apply for the pro bono Top Surgery program, the patient will need to contact the Allure Esthetic office here to request an application form. Dr. Sajan and the review team will review to identify good surgical candidates and evaluate each applicant’s unique needs.

For trans men, the chance to participate in sport and exercise can be critical for mental well-being. Men’s Health asked six of them to share their stories.

The Surfer: Taylor Winters, 38

Winters, originally from Transylvania, is used to answering questions on his origins (‘People ask, “Does Transylvania actually exist?” ’ he laughs). After undergoing breast removal– or ‘top surgery’ – in 2019, he discovered a love of surfing, thanks to his reworked physique.

The Weightlifter: Leo Chrzanowski, 29

Growing up in the US and inspired by westerns, Chrzanowski’s first sporting passion was rodeo. After transitioning seven years ago, he feels free to pursue his twin loves of horse riding and weightlifting. His efforts have clearly paid off.

The Boxer: Danny Baker, 34

Currently in training for the World Gay Boxing Championships, Essex-born Baker has always dreamed of boxing against other men on the professional stage.

The Rugby Player: Verity Smith, 40

‘Before rugby, there was nothing. I didn’t know where to fit in,’ Smith has said. Luckily, it turned out he’s pretty good at rugby, having played in both union and league before an accident left him partially paralysed in 2018 – the same year he became the first trans person to win the national ‘Prop Star’ Award.Now playing wheelchair rugby, Smith is focused on promoting inclusion with the charity Mermaids.

The Bodybuilder: Shay Price, 23

From a young age, Price idolised bodybuilders. Now, having spent half of his life as an openly transgender man, Price has overcome genetic setbacks to match his iron-pumping heroes. The next step? Competing on the world stage.

The Martial Artist: Jordan Jackson, 30

As a PT and three-time taekwondo gold medallist, Jackson is on a mission to ‘radically reduce the suicide statistics within the trans community through fitness and a positive mindset’.

Mauricio Ochieng, 30, Kisumu state, Kenya

Mauricio travels seven hours on a bus to Nairobi to collect his testosterone injections. It’s a journey he’s been making for over a year. It’s worth it.

“With the injections my body has started changing, I look less ‘feminine’, my voice is deeper and I’m growing a beard,” he says. “I was finally on the way to becoming myself. I am a man. I was never a woman.”

Growing up in rural Kenya, about 350km from the capital Nairobi, Mauricio knew he was different. He has more than 150 cousins and couldn’t relate to any of them.

“I was the black sheep of the family.”

He knew that he was not a girl, despite his body. His parents believed he was a lesbian. That was bad enough, they said, but it was something they understood. When he told them that he was a man in a woman’s body, they made him leave the family home.

Mauricio was 16 and homeless. He was sexually assaulted multiple times. Just over a year later, he fell pregnant from one of the rapes. People called him a “chkora”, a slur for a street beggar.

He went to his mother’s house and said: “Please don’t make me give birth in the street like a dog.”

She let him come home.

Mauricio’s daughter was born in 2007. He worked at the local market, buying and selling shoes.

In 2018 he decided to begin his transition. Testosterone injections cost around 1,200 shilling per dose (about £9) - which is a day’s work.

The 14-hour round trip each month to collect his medication felt like a huge achievement. Mauricio was saving up for Top Surgery: to have his breasts removed.

Then coronavirus reached Kenya, and soon lockdown restrictions followed.

Mauricio does not have his next supply of testosterone.

“I’m having sleepless nights, depression,” he says. “What will happen if I cannot have access to my medication? What will all this pain have been for?

"I am a trans man in a transphobic country. If I don’t get my medication what will happen to my body - it is already changing. Will I look abnormal? Who is going to fight for us to be heard in this chaos?”

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