Gender Expression Fund

SERVICE UPDATES:

• Between 15th - 30th July 2024, payment processing times for all support fund awards (Hardship, Childchare and Gender Expression) are 5-7 working days.
• We are unable to offer any emergency payments during this period.
• We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

How can the Gender Expression Fund help me?

Awards can be used to purchase gender affirming products such as clothing, shoes, binders, packers, minor cosmetic procedures such as haircuts, and beauty products.

Awards can also be used towards travel to medical or therapy/counselling appointments as well as postage for any legal documents and certificates, but we are not able to provide funding for treatment, contributing to fundraising platforms for medical treatments such as GoFundMe pages, other medical procedures or legal costs.

Students can apply for a maximum of £100. (Please note there is no requirement for financial status, this is not a means tested fund)

For more details, please read the Guidance Document.

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Am I eligible?

To be eligible for help from the Gender Expression Fund, a student should:

• Be currently registered as an LSE student
• Identify as trans, non-binary, intersex, or otherwise gender diverse
• Have reasonable need for items or transport expenses to be covered by the fund 
• Have not used the fund excessively before (with the option to justify if there is a reasonable explanation like extreme hardship, or change of circumstances, clothing size, etc.)
• Not be requesting items with excessive costs (e.g. custom products), unless explicitly necessary for reasons of sizing or access needs to be considered
• Not be requesting funding for medical treatment (such as hormone therapy or surgical procedures) or to fund private counselling/therapy
• Not be requesting a contribution to a Go Fund Me or other savings funds for private treatments

Please read the full guidance for full eligibility.

How do I apply?

Please fill out our Gender Expression Fund Application Form and include a Certificate of Enrolment which can be automatically generated via this link. To submit your application, send the documents via email to su.advice@lse.ac.uk.

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