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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

I really want to keep my books. I love my books and leaving them behind would feel like death. I’ve thought about Costa Rica or a few other places. The cost of the plane ticket is unrealistic; the likelihood of getting the books over is doubtful.

I’ve realized that I probably won’t survive this administration, and I’m just going to go down fighting. I lost everything I care about, and the least I can do is try to make it so no one lives a life like mine again.

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    Canada doesn't want poor (let alone trans) refugees any more than any other country wants poor refugees. It's a much more progressive country than many, but "just leave" isn't any more of a realistic option for persecuted groups under Trump than it was for the same groups under Hitler.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Are they actually taking anyone though? Everywhere I’ve looked has been like “the us isn’t actively killing LGBT people, so we don’t count it as refugee.”

    I also just simply do not have the liquid resources. I can sell some stuff - but what then? Sleep on the streets in a country I’ve never lived in before? I guess people cross the Darien gap, but I’m also just physiologically broken now. My nervous system doesn’t work correctly - I have experienced actual torture. I can’t organize a plan to finish my graduate degree, much less get across a National border.

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