Quote Originally Posted by MrF View Post
The second part of my thread-starter was a question: What about a charity to fund the SRS ?

For many Tgirls the SRS is not "just an elective" procedure. It's something they really want; it's essential to their identity. Having the SRS would help solve the employment problem. Also, and how true this is I don't really know, I've heard it claimed that men or lesbian women are more likely to take a TGirl seriously as potential lovers if they have the SRS. Like I said, I'm not sure about the last sentence, so if someone thinks they know better they may comment. But the sentences before that I'm pretty sure about.

Most people who care about TGirls could afford to donate ~$100 for such a charity. But hardly anyone would donate the $10,000 which, I think, is the minimum. Unless they're very rich so that $10,000 is small change, a donor would only give that much if the TGirl was his wife.
I agree that in many if not most cases GRS is not a elective surgery, or something that a woman "wants", but rather it is often a live-saving operation, and at a minimum improves a woman's quality of life.

There are a few charities that will help women with rent, fuel expenses and the like, but none that I know of that will assist with transition costs.

The closest to that would be insurance from a woman's employer that will cover HRT, therapy, and in some instances GRS.

Yes, I feel that that are some who would contribute to a fund like this, but I get the sense that many men wouldn't contribute, as they would prefer the woman stay pre op. If she was his significant other that might change, as he would be most concerned with her ultimate happiness, but there too he may be fearful that she may leave him after she gets GRS.