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* [https://blacktrans.org/services/find-healthcare Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) Health Services] can help black transgender people in the US find financial solutions that can help cover your cost of care, and provide counseling about your options. They can help you navigate your insurance and enrollment in it. | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20221003212921/https://blacktrans.org/services/find-healthcare/ Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) Health Services] can help black transgender people in the US find financial solutions that can help cover your cost of care, and provide counseling about your options. They can help you navigate your insurance and enrollment in it. | ||
==Surgery loans== | ==Surgery loans== | ||
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Some organizations let a person borrow money from them in order to cover surgery. These organizations are called surgery financing companies. Some of them offer loans for kinds of surgeries that are just for transgender people. The company will want you to pay off the loan at about USD$250 to USD$300 each month. In order to apply for a loan, you need a [[Saving up for transition expenses#Credit score|good credit score]], and a monthly income of at least USD$1500. <ref>"FTM Top Surgery Financing & Grants." http://www.topsurgery.net/costs/top-surgery-financing.htm#sthash.DOUsrxQI.dpuf</ref> | Some organizations let a person borrow money from them in order to cover surgery. These organizations are called surgery financing companies. Some of them offer loans for kinds of surgeries that are just for transgender people. The company will want you to pay off the loan at about USD$250 to USD$300 each month. In order to apply for a loan, you need a [[Saving up for transition expenses#Credit score|good credit score]], and a monthly income of at least USD$1500. <ref>"FTM Top Surgery Financing & Grants." http://www.topsurgery.net/costs/top-surgery-financing.htm#sthash.DOUsrxQI.dpuf [https://web.archive.org/web/20230626213231/https://www.topsurgery.net/costs/top-surgery-financing.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
==Surgery grants== | ==Surgery grants== | ||
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* [http://jimcollinsfoundation.org/ Jim Collins Foundation] in the US selects about seven gender-validating surgery grant recipients a year. | * [http://jimcollinsfoundation.org/ Jim Collins Foundation] in the US selects about seven gender-validating surgery grant recipients a year. | ||
* [https://www.pointofpride.org/annual-transgender-surgery-fund Point of Pride Annual Surgery Fund], formerly called the Point5cc Transgender Surgery Fund. | * [https://www.pointofpride.org/annual-transgender-surgery-fund Point of Pride Annual Surgery Fund], formerly called the Point5cc Transgender Surgery Fund. | ||
* [http://rizitimaneministries.vpweb.com/Trans-surgery-Scholarship.html Rizi Timane Ministries – Trans-surgery Scholarship] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150709072456/http://rizitimaneministries.vpweb.com/Trans-surgery-Scholarship.html Rizi Timane Ministries – Trans-surgery Scholarship] | ||
* [http://tufforg.com/ TUFF] | * [http://tufforg.com/ TUFF] | ||