Solo hasta hoy se me ocurre explicar mi situación a mi gente en nuestra lengua madre. ¡Qué falla de mi parte! Aquí me corrijo. 💙

Hola, Mastodon Hispanohablante! 🇨🇴 🇨🇺

Estoy en crisis y necesito su ayuda.

Mi nombre de pluma es Ellis Arcwolf (mi nombre legal es Joan E. Burgos), y soy una terapeuta trans y latina. (Bueno, ¿latine? El género se hace complicado.) Estoy realizando una salida de emergencia de una situación de vivienda insegura y emocionalmente dañina, por mi seguridad física y emocional inmediata.

Tengo un plan de carrera completo: Estoy en las etapas finales de mi solicitud de Licencia para practicar Consejería como Profesional (LPC) para trabajar como terapeuta en Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (al noreste de los EE. UU.). ¡Algunos de ustedes quizás vieron mi campaña de GoFundMe que logró reunir los fondos que necesitaba para eso!

Pero he llegado a un punto en el que mi entorno de vivienda actual está teniendo un costo insoportable, y debo irme ahora, antes de estar financieramente lista.

Estoy recaudando fondos por US$8,500 para un colchón de supervivencia y seguridad de 3 meses. Este es el costo total para:

❇️ Seguridad de vivienda (depósito + 1er mes)
❇️ Logística de mudanza a través del país
❇️ Un colchón de 3 meses para gastos de manutención (comida, medicinas, servicios públicos)
❇️ Un pequeño fondo de contingencia para tarifas y emergencias

Este fondo es el puente que me lleva de este lugar inseguro a mi nueva vida y mi carrera.

Al ayudarme, están invirtiendo en una futura terapaeuta trans y latina que, a su vez, dedicará su vida a sanar y luchar por nuestra comunidad.

Cualquier cantidad, y cualquier difusión (boost), son una ayuda inestimable. 😻

Gracias, primos/as/es lejanos/as/es. 💙😺

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund

#AyudaMutua #Trans #MujerTrans #Latina #MujerTransDeColor #LGBTQ #RecaudandoFondos #GoFundMe #FondoDeEmergencoa #ApoyoComunitario #ViviendaInsegura #Terapeuta

Solo hasta hoy se me ocurre explicar mi situación a mi gente en nuestra lengua madre. ¡Qué falla de mi parte! Aquí me corrijo. 💙

Hola, Mastodon Hispanohablante! 🇨🇴 🇨🇺

Estoy en crisis y necesito su ayuda.

Mi nombre de pluma es Ellis Arcwolf (mi nombre legal es Joan E. Burgos), y soy una terapeuta trans y latina. (Bueno, ¿latine? El género se hace complicado.) Estoy realizando una salida de emergencia de una situación de vivienda insegura y emocionalmente dañina, por mi seguridad física y emocional inmediata.

Tengo un plan de carrera completo: Estoy en las etapas finales de mi solicitud de Licencia para practicar Consejería como Profesional (LPC) para trabajar como terapeuta en Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (al noreste de los EE. UU.). ¡Algunos de ustedes quizás vieron mi campaña de GoFundMe que logró reunir los fondos que necesitaba para eso!

Pero he llegado a un punto en el que mi entorno de vivienda actual está teniendo un costo insoportable, y debo irme ahora, antes de estar financieramente lista.

Estoy recaudando fondos por US$8,500 para un colchón de supervivencia y seguridad de 3 meses. Este es el costo total para:

❇️ Seguridad de vivienda (depósito + 1er mes)
❇️ Logística de mudanza a través del país
❇️ Un colchón de 3 meses para gastos de manutención (comida, medicinas, servicios públicos)
❇️ Un pequeño fondo de contingencia para tarifas y emergencias

Este fondo es el puente que me lleva de este lugar inseguro a mi nueva vida y mi carrera.

Al ayudarme, están invirtiendo en una futura terapaeuta trans y latina que, a su vez, dedicará su vida a sanar y luchar por nuestra comunidad.

Cualquier cantidad, y cualquier difusión (boost), son una ayuda inestimable. 😻

Gracias, primos/as/es lejanos/as/es. 💙😺

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund

#AyudaMutua #Trans #MujerTrans #Latina #MujerTransDeColor #LGBTQ #RecaudandoFondos #GoFundMe #FondoDeEmergencoa #ApoyoComunitario #ViviendaInsegura #Terapeuta

⭐ CRUNCH TIME: The Final Push. Leaving Monday. (Second Interview Secured!)

This is it. We are in the final 72 hours.

My absolute last day to leave this environment is this Monday, November 17th. We are in crunch time, and I have two massive updates—one about the future, and one about the present—all thanks to you.

First, the future: The job interview went incredibly well. I am officially in the second round of interviews for the therapist position in Pittsburgh! This isn't just a "hope" anymore; this is an active, in-progress reality. The path to stability is clear, and I am walking it.

Second, the present: I want to tell you what your $696 has already done.

Because of you, I had my first real shower in weeks. Because of you, I have socks again. I've been able to buy food, and I'd forgotten what it tasted like.

Your donations gave me back my basic human dignity and have brought me to tears.

I'm using that energy to get ready. I am packing. I am running all my clothes through the wash multiple times to get the allergens off them. When I came back into the house today, the smell... it's overwhelming. It smelled this bad two years ago, but back then, I believed this is what I deserved.
I don't anymore.

We are in the final push. The $696 we've raised is a miracle, but it must cover the debit-card-friendly truck rental (Budget/Penske) AND the security deposit/first few days in a safe place. We are not at the goal, and Monday is the deadline.

If you have been watching and waiting, this is the moment. This is the final weekend. Help me cross this last bridge. Help me finally get home.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund

#MutualAid #Trans #TransLatina #EmergencyFund #CrunchTime #GoFundMe #Pittsburgh #PleaseBoost #MentalHealth #SecondInterview

⭐ CRUNCH TIME: The Final Push. Leaving Monday. (Second Interview Secured!)

This is it. We are in the final 72 hours.

My absolute last day to leave this environment is this Monday, November 17th. We are in crunch time, and I have two massive updates—one about the future, and one about the present—all thanks to you.

First, the future: The job interview went incredibly well. I am officially in the second round of interviews for the therapist position in Pittsburgh! This isn't just a "hope" anymore; this is an active, in-progress reality. The path to stability is clear, and I am walking it.

Second, the present: I want to tell you what your $696 has already done.

Because of you, I had my first real shower in weeks. Because of you, I have socks again. I've been able to buy food, and I'd forgotten what it tasted like.

Your donations gave me back my basic human dignity and have brought me to tears.

I'm using that energy to get ready. I am packing. I am running all my clothes through the wash multiple times to get the allergens off them. When I came back into the house today, the smell... it's overwhelming. It smelled this bad two years ago, but back then, I believed this is what I deserved.
I don't anymore.

We are in the final push. The $696 we've raised is a miracle, but it must cover the debit-card-friendly truck rental (Budget/Penske) AND the security deposit/first few days in a safe place. We are not at the goal, and Monday is the deadline.

If you have been watching and waiting, this is the moment. This is the final weekend. Help me cross this last bridge. Help me finally get home.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund

#MutualAid #Trans #TransLatina #EmergencyFund #CrunchTime #GoFundMe #Pittsburgh #PleaseBoost #MentalHealth #SecondInterview

PSA for my US trans friends: there's a Telehealth HRT clinic called QMed (QueerMed) that serves adults and minors in 47 states (excluding DC, unfortunately). They accept lots of private insurance (but not medicare/medicaid), and also offer a payment plan that covers appointments and lab tests for people without good insurance.

Their program is great for people going stealth or living in unsafe environments, as they don't need referrals or anything else from your primary doctor. They send all lab orders to a LabCorp location of your choice, and prescriptions are sent to any pharmacy. (including mail-order pharmacies and chains like Walgreens and CVS that will ship your meds for a small fee.) If necessary, the entire process can be private and zero-contact except for the labs.

They work with transfem, transmasc, and non-binary people, and many of their staff are themselves trans! They follow WPATH SOC-8 and target modern (cis-equivalent) hormone levels, while still being flexible enough to work with whatever your personal goals are. In my experience, their target seems to be "whatever makes you feel best within safe limits". With me, they've been willing to explore non-standard doses, injection schedules, and hybrid approaches as long as I can provide research showing it's effective or at least safe.

I can't speak to the transmasc experience, but I first started seeing them as a fem-aligned non-binary person who was already on oral Estradiol, Progesterone, and Spironolactone at mild doses. They had no issue with that, and later helped me increase those doses as I explored whether more "female" hormone balance would feel better. (still as part of a "non-binary" hormone plan!)

When I eventually realized I was binary transfem, they were just as understanding and helpful. They suggested changing Estrodiol forms to stabilize my levels at higher doses, and later helped me transition to injections when Spiro stopped working and other T blockers weren't an option for health reasons. (side note: they were actually willing to prescribe puberty blockers as an anti-androgen, but insurance wouldn't cover them and I couldn't afford the cost. I still think it's cool that they were forward-thinking enough to even offer that option, though!) I want to emphasize that I was not an easy patient for injections. I had severe needle-phobia, was clueless about the process, and proceeded to freak out many times over non-issues as I slowly learned how to inject. Through all that, they were patient, supportive, and never made me feel bad for panicking. Eventually I figured it out and even cured my needle phobia, for which they celebrated with me.

Now that I've finally achieved stable levels at the dose that feels best to me, they've let me transition to long-term HRT maintenance. This means 12-month prescriptions, infrequent tests, and minimal appointment requirements. This is something I was rather worried about, as my last provided never allowed long-term maintenance for various reasons. But with that, I'm now fully onboarded into the program and can speak to the whole experience. My overall opinion: QMed is the best HRT provider I've used, and the entire process has been smooth, flexible, and affirming.

#HRT #Transgender #Trans #PSA #Advice #Transition #Gender #GenderAffirmingCare #QMed #QueerMed