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- Online crowdfunding is a crucial financial resource for transgender patients seeking surgeries or hormonal therapy, with significant geographic trends identified in fundraising efforts.
- A total of 1010 campaigns were analyzed, revealing that the Western region had the most campaigns at 34.6%.
- Key factors influencing the success of these campaigns include the length of the description, social media shares, the fundraising goal, and the number of donors involved.
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Online crowdfunding allows transgender patients to fundraise for their surgeries or hormonal therapy. In this study, we updated the geographic trends in fundraising for gender-affirming surgery and sought to establish the factors influencing the amount raised per campaign. Campaigns were identified from GoFundMe. In total, 1010 crowdfunding campaigns were identified. The West had the highest proportion of campaigns (=242, 34.6%). Controlling for each variable, we found that campaigns that raised the greatest amount of funds were associated with longer descriptions (<0.0001, =0.34), higher number of social media shares (<0.0001, =0.39), higher goal amount (=0.041, =0.19), and number of donors (<0.0001, =0.44).
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