Help a girl in need

Hello beautiful people, my name is Lilly Maphalala. I am from South Africa. Growing up I have been told to love the body and gender I was born with because I can not change it. The sad part of it all as a transwoman of color, my family does not believe in being trans and having gender confirmation surgery as well as hormonal therapy. So I have to work hard to be able to access hormonal therapy.

I have been on hormones for one year and 3months

I have been happy for the most part, I have been assaulted by both men and women of color. I have been depressed for looking in the mirror and seeing a masculine jawline, looking in between my thighs, and small boobs without a bra it looks like I have no boobs at all. Even if people can see that I own girl cloths, I identify as one they will still go out of their ways to tell me that I am a man in a dress, no matter what I do I can never change that.

Some people have told me I have a nice body for a “transgirl” which I feel like it's a backhanded compliment .

Getting my surgeries could make me happy fo...