Marie Monday

Those cursed femoids and their political correctness lol /s

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The Batlord

Ayn Marx be like

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Scarlett O'Hara

But do they have a Bugatti?! 10 points who gets the reference.

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Queen Boo

I'm gonna bump this thread because all due respect to Trollheart people are gonna mistake his thread for one that's about the band Rainbow.

Anyway does anyone have some resources they can share with me about getting the hell out of my sh*tshole state and/or country if push comes to shove? Trump just said he's going to make trans people illegal if he gets reelected so yeah that's not great. I am legitimately terrified especially because I JUST started HRT and I'm not going back.

I'm trying to stay hopeful but I need to plan for the worst case scenario regardless, so any info you can provide me will be greatly appreciated.

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rubber soul

I guess the best I could come up with would be to look for the closest Blue State. Maybe Michigan? More likely my home state of Maryland. I'm not sure what we offer in terms of transgendered medicine, but Baltimore has an amazing hospital system. It's also quite easy to get health insurance through the Maryland Health Exchange.

Of course, if Trump or Desantis do get elected and they have a right wing congress (and a Republican Senate is quite likely given the numbers), well, I guess you have to try for Canada or maybe Europe.

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Queen Boo

I live in Tennessee so the closest blue state for me would be Illinois, which is really only blue because of Chicago so that's obviously where I'd want to be.

Cost of living there is extremely high, my brother lived there for a little while and he was only able to do that because he had someone to stay with.

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Synthgirl

I live in southern Wisconsin, my city is very liberal on the whole but the state itself has always been very purple and has leaned red in the recent election unfortunately. It's cheaper than living in Chicago by a lot though.

I was able to get my HRT covered by Medicaid. I don't know the details of your insurance situation and whether or not yours will be. It was very easy to get hormones here, I just walked into the clinic.

We can only hope other countries open up trans refugee programs in the event of a nationwide ban, I'm terrified as well.

Queen Boo

Medicaid covers mine which I only recently learned about, apparently it's been a thing for 9 years and I had no idea.

If medicaid stops covering it then that would suck ass because I could be paying a hundred bucks a month, that's a question I need to ask the pharmacist.

However if the government prohibits healthcare providers from making new prescriptions for hormones then that's where things would get really f*cked. The government would basically be forcing me to quit HRT cold turkey which is not just something I want to avoid at any cost, it's also extremely f*cking dangerous and potentially deadly. If Republicans pass such legislation they should face legal consequences for endangering countless lives for no f*cking reason other than to signal their inhuman cruelty.

If things get that bad and god forbid I'm not able to move well if you know someone who can hook me up with some *ahem* mail delivery service then please hook me up in the PMs.

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Trollheart

Is this even possible, or is it just more stupid braindead rhetoric to play to his base? I mean, how could he make trans people illegal? The governments of the 40/50/60s couldn't even make black people illegal, even though I'm sure a lot of them would have liked to. What precedent exists? "All men are created equal"? They gonna try to say well trans aren't men so they aren't covered?

Hell, come to Ireland: we've got a decent trans scene going here, and were the first country IN THE WORLD to approve official same-sex marriage. Also, we have the odd drink from time to time.

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Synthgirl

Trans people generally take active steps to present as and transition into our true gender. If those steps (hormones, surgery, heck even male-assigned people wearing women's clothing) are banned by the government, our existence will be erased. It's entirely possible that my breasts will be removed and I will be forcibly detransitioned and made to live as a man.

That's the worst case scenario, and so far most laws focus solely on minors, but I don't trust that will remain the case. You give republicans an inch, they'll take a mile.