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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 06:05 PM Feb 2013

What a bunch of frat boys!

Fraternity brothers raising money to help pay for transgender member's top surgery
Emerson College's Phi Alpha Tau launch online campaign for Donnie Collins

Collins is a transgender male whose health insurance does not cover his female-to-male top surgery which involves the removal of the breasts. He has paid for his hormone treatment himself.

Now his his new fraternity brothers have stepped in to help raise money for the operation through a page on IndieGogo.com.
- See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/fraternity-brothers-raising-money-help-pay-transgender-members-top-surgery260213#sthash.Btr97cRd.dpuf

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What a bunch of frat boys! (Original Post) hedgehog Feb 2013 OP
Good for them shenmue Feb 2013 #1
That's some real fraternity, in the original sense of the word Bucky Feb 2013 #2

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