I fled the whole fucking country. They want to kill my trans ass and I managed to find myself in a position where escape was possible; I'm never going back. Plan is to settle in here then be a landing space for other people looking to flee the US or other countries
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sychthys @lemmy.world - 2mon
I'm really, really happy for you that you managed to get out of here. We're working on doing the same. Which country did you end up in, if you don't mind my asking?
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Ms. ArmoredThirteen - 2mon
I'm in Sweden. I have enough savings to go as a student and get a residence permit that way, it was the fastest way I could get out as opposed to trying to find a job
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sychthys @lemmy.world - 2mon
Awesome, congrats!
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HopeOfTheGunblade - 2mon
Oh hey, the place our ass has some friends in who we hope to land with if things get bad enough.
Glad to know there will be more queer expats there (Unless, of course, you are my friends who moved, but that seems unlikely :p)
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Ms. ArmoredThirteen - 2mon
I'm just the one person so not the friends you're thinking. Always up for more connections though if you want another friend, or want to expat match make me with your other friends so I have more people to socialize with 👉👈
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smh @slrpnk.net - 2mon
I also have a friend that moved to Sweden to live with his girlfriend and her husband. You're not him because he made the baffling decision to visit his folks in the US this month.
(I want to hug him and be like "have you read the news lately?!" but talk of violence is a hard limit for him, so I just avoid talking politics at all with him and it's very frustrating, since current politics is both Very Relevant to me and Very Violent to me. /rant )
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Sunshine (she/her) - 2mon
Leave those stupid hateful republicans in the dust!
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Jul (they/she) - 2mon
Not to mention tourism and even visiting relatives becomes nearly impossible when you fear for your safety and/or can't use public restrooms so you can't leave the home if you do visit the state. It's one reason I don't travel to see family. That state doesn't have laws against me using a public restroom, but it's still unsafe to do so in either men's or women's. If I use men's I might be attacked for wearing makeup or "women's" clothes or otherwise not looking "manly" which has been an issue for ages; if I use women's I might get attacked for the perceived idea that I'm trying to abuse women or whatever it is that they believe or use as an excuse more recently.
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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 2mon
and POCs, or if you both POC and lgbtq+, even amongst some lgbtq+ there are white supremecists. ever been to a A&C store in the 2000s ina deep blue area, the emloyees are super white of the "aryan" nature and lgbtq+, they give you a nasty as state as you were dirty brown skinned shoplifter.
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Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world - 2mon
(psssst -- consider a swing state!)
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compostgoblin - 2mon
That’s what I did! Left a deep red state and went to a swing state. It’s not a bastion of progressivism like Oregon or California, but my vote actually matters now
Teknevra in queer_defense_front
LGBTQ+ residents are fleeing red states, taking their talent and tax dollars with them - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/lgbtq-residents-are-fleeing-red-states-taking-their-talent-and-tax-dollars-with-them/I fled the whole fucking country. They want to kill my trans ass and I managed to find myself in a position where escape was possible; I'm never going back. Plan is to settle in here then be a landing space for other people looking to flee the US or other countries
I'm really, really happy for you that you managed to get out of here. We're working on doing the same. Which country did you end up in, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm in Sweden. I have enough savings to go as a student and get a residence permit that way, it was the fastest way I could get out as opposed to trying to find a job
Awesome, congrats!
Oh hey, the place our ass has some friends in who we hope to land with if things get bad enough.
Glad to know there will be more queer expats there (Unless, of course, you are my friends who moved, but that seems unlikely :p)
I'm just the one person so not the friends you're thinking. Always up for more connections though if you want another friend, or want to expat match make me with your other friends so I have more people to socialize with 👉👈
I also have a friend that moved to Sweden to live with his girlfriend and her husband. You're not him because he made the baffling decision to visit his folks in the US this month. (I want to hug him and be like "have you read the news lately?!" but talk of violence is a hard limit for him, so I just avoid talking politics at all with him and it's very frustrating, since current politics is both Very Relevant to me and Very Violent to me. /rant )
Leave those stupid hateful republicans in the dust!
Not to mention tourism and even visiting relatives becomes nearly impossible when you fear for your safety and/or can't use public restrooms so you can't leave the home if you do visit the state. It's one reason I don't travel to see family. That state doesn't have laws against me using a public restroom, but it's still unsafe to do so in either men's or women's. If I use men's I might be attacked for wearing makeup or "women's" clothes or otherwise not looking "manly" which has been an issue for ages; if I use women's I might get attacked for the perceived idea that I'm trying to abuse women or whatever it is that they believe or use as an excuse more recently.
and POCs, or if you both POC and lgbtq+, even amongst some lgbtq+ there are white supremecists. ever been to a A&C store in the 2000s ina deep blue area, the emloyees are super white of the "aryan" nature and lgbtq+, they give you a nasty as state as you were dirty brown skinned shoplifter.
(psssst -- consider a swing state!)
That’s what I did! Left a deep red state and went to a swing state. It’s not a bastion of progressivism like Oregon or California, but my vote actually matters now