Five years ago Lindsay called my home to sell me a vacation package to Disney World.  That call, which should have lasted long enough for me to say no instead, lasted over an hour.  By the time I hung upwe were friends.  Her personality is so infectious and so gregarious, that you simply cant help but to want to know her. 

When we met I knew very little about the transgendered world...and most of what I did know was totally wrong.  Lindsay never tired of my questions, she never failed to provide answers, and she always did it with grace and modestlythats just who she is.

Lindsay knew from a very early age that she was transgenderedand has worked tirelessly to educate herself about the disorder.  But more importantly, shes worked to educate society about the disorder.  She runs a  successful YouTube channel and has posted videos to the trans community and addressing issues which affect the trans community. 

Through her efforts on YouTube she realized there was a real void in the social networking worldand she filled it.  Using her own fundsshe gave up her hormone therapy in order to finance itLindsay created  a social networking site specifically designed for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/

Supporting the trans community has always been Lindsays first priority.  She not only attends Transgender Day of Remembrance every single yearshe drags everyone she knows to the events in whatever city shes in.  And shes become mentor:  realizing that youre transgendered and addressing it can be terrifying.  There are so many questions both for the individual and their friends and family.  Hundreds of people who found Lindsay through her web site or videos have turned to her for guidance and support.  She has exacting standards and wants the best for each and every person she mentors.  She becomes an inspiration for theman example to live up to.

Lindsays support extends outside of her own community.  Shes been actively involved in the Slam Poetry scene for years as both a performance artist and by sponsoring and promoting events.  Six months after she started her transition she boarded a Greyhound bus and toured the country for two months, performing in venues across the nation and educating the crowds about being a transgendered woman.  Shes also participated in Take back the Night events and racial equality protests across the South.

Lindsay has also just workedwhich isnt always easy for the trans community who face discrimination and prejudice daily.  Shes supported herself since she was 17 and is a self-taught web developer and search engine optimization specialist with her own budding company. 

Basically, Lindsay is a giver.  Ive watched her sacrifice for yearsgiving up, going without, and making doso that she can give 100% to her community.  And now Im asking the community to give back. 

Sexual reassignment surgery is the prescribed treatment for being transgendered.  For Lindsay its the final step in the 30 year struggle to have the female anatomy she was meant to have.  But she cant afford it on her own.  Your donationany donation, gets her just a bit closer to achieving that dream.

- Elizabeth Blevins

"I have been friends with Lindsay Stone for 14 years and I've been lucky enough to experience her generous spirit and her enthusiasm for life as well as her creativity and her authenticity. She helped organize many poetry events in the city of Birmingham, where I live, for many years, and her creative, innovative take on things helped the poetry community to develop within the city of Birmingham. She has always been a supportive friend, giving me encouragement about my own poetry when I had self-doubts about my abilities as a writer or a performer on the poetry slam stage. She is the type of person who believes in you and encourages you to believe in yourself. I am a breast cancer survivor, and when I was going through treatment, she always showed concern for how I was doing, what I was going through. Because she has always believed in me and given me so much support and encouragement to believe in myself, I believe in her. I believe that she should be able to receive gender confirmation surgery so that she can become her authentic self. As a breast cancer survivor, I lost one of my breasts to a mastectomy, and it seriously affected my self-esteem. It made me feel like less of a woman. To not have all of my body parts has made me feel less feminine. I feel that Lindsay should receive the gender confirmation surgery so that she can feel fully like a woman. While I have not faced the struggles that she has faced, I do know what it is like to have your self-esteem affected by feeling like something is not right with your body. To go around feeling like less than a woman because something is wrong about your body parts, is something I have some experience with, since I am missing a body part. No one should have to go through self-esteem issues because of a body part. I will never have to face the kind of struggles and judgment and discrimination that Lindsay has had to face. But I do know to some degree how tough and difficult it is to have your self-esteem affected and feel less feminine because of a simple body part -- in my case, a missing body part. With all that she has given to her poetry community, and to her friends -- all the support, encouragement, laughter, creativity, and energy -- I believe that Lindsay should receive a gift in return. I believe that Lindsay deserves gender confirmation surgery because she has given so much of herself to the world, even through all the struggles she has had to face. I would like to see her being given the opportunity to become her authentic self."

- Lori Lasseter Hamilton

Lindsay is an amazing woman who constantly gives back to her communities. Thats right communities, not just one community. I met her when I was 13, over 10 years ago, when she worked with the Irish community booking entertainment for a local restaurant we all performed at. It was at this restaurant that Lindsay read the first piece of slam poetry I had ever heard, what an experience! She then introduced me to the slam poetry community in Birmingham that she played a vital role in.

A year or two after we met Lindsay came to my families house party dressed in drag, or so I thought. To me this was great! I had never met a drag queen. I had so many questions. One day after a performance I sat beside Lindsay and asked if she would mind answering a few questions I had about cross dressing and why she did it. She took the time to explain the differences between the two and was incredibly open to any questions I had no matter how silly, embarrassing, or blunt they were. I am incredibly grateful to her for being so open and patient that day. She has since helped me become more aware of many transgender issues and violence against transgender people. I know there are many people that have had similar experiences with Lindsay. She always has a positive impact on the communities she works with and the people shes met. Please help make a positive difference in Lindsays life and make a donation.