Throughout my years of being a Transgender Female, My parents and I have found it to be an expensive journey to access gender affirming care for myself. Most of the gender affirming care under Medicare is only for covering hormone replacement therapy, which may help to most, but to a lot of us, Surgeries are also a massive part to our transition. 

Bottom surgery for Trans men and women can range from 40k-100k dollars just to be our actual gender. Most do not have these funds, and suffer for that. Many scramble to gather the funds to get surgeries however many fail, and due to intense dysphoria to not passing, they lose their lives to the intense dysphoric struggles.

Mental Health also plays a massive part in this, many psychologists do not support or treat Transgender individuals, which shows less support and safe places for Trans people to go to. Most end up bottling everything in, and suffering even more with dysphoria and mental challenge. 

Thats why I and many others believe the Australian government should put more funding into affirming care, and put gender affirming hormone treatment, accepting Therapists and Psychologists, surgeries and more completely under Medicare to lower the risk of Transgender individuals losing their lives in their journey to be themselves. 

The government can achieve this goal by taxing the rich billionaires 5-8%, and they would still be billionaires, but in return, healthcare for Transgender individuals is funded and ready to save lives.