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Trans man flees US after unending discrimination & violence: "I have to get out or I'm going to die" - LGBTQ Nation (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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After the 2024 presidential election, a person shoved him on the street and began yelling anti-trans slurs. “I’m laying in the street bleeding. Not one person stopped to help me or see if I was okay. And I got up, and I’m bleeding. My hands are bleeding, my knees are bleeding, my face is bleeding.” It was then that he decided he had to leave the country.

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Hefty is part of the record number of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. fleeing the president’s anti-transgender policies by seeking asylum in other countries, according to a report released last Saturday by the LGBTQ+ asylum relocation assistance group Rainbow Railroad.

Simultaneously, fewer LGBTQ+ refugees from other anti-LGBTQ+ countries are seeking asylum in the U.S., a result of the president’s anti-immigration policies, according to the group’s report, Understanding the State of Global LGBTQI+ Persecution, which was released on World Refugee Day.

Last year, Rainbow Railroad received 20,215 direct requests for relocation assistance from queer and trans people, a 51% increase over 2024 and the highest number of requests the group has received since its founding in 2006.

Approximately 31% of last year’s requests came from people living in the U.S. The previous year, that percentage was about 13%. While past requests to leave the U.S. had in the past predominantly come from queer immigrants who had been resettled in the states, about 88% of the requests in 2025 came from American citizens who said they were fleeing the current administration’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

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[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't get why posts involving trans men get downvoted. They are victims of discrimination and hatred too.

[-] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 26 points 1 week ago

Sadly, you do know why. Some people are cunts.

[+] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone -38 points 1 week ago

Idk man I'm down voting this because it portrays all of USA as the same. My city this shit does not happen.

[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

I live near one of the most liberal cities in the US and this happens. I don't believe you, sorry.

[-] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your federal government is actively pursuing this atmosphere of hate and terror.

So yeah, it is all of the fucking USA. Don't start with the 'buh my city is good'.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yup. And even if one location is simply perfect in every way, the demons in this administration will start putting on pressure to "fix" that - whether it's sending in the likes of ICE or threatening institutions with defunding them unless they are nastier, etc...

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, if we don't fix shit the future will be worse. That much is obvious

but we live in the present, and I'm making statements about the present.

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 1 week ago

That's complete ignorance of how governance works in the usa.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Dude this shit happens in San Francisco where are you

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not in fucking California that's what. Thank god for that. I'm around Chicago. Not going to get more specific for obvious reasons, but I'm not Chicago proper

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, I don't get more specific than the Bay Area either. I was aiming for A Cave or Somewhere Small Enough We Know Everyone And Beat The Everloving Shit Out Of Anyone Who Tries To Harm One Hair On Our Beloved Queers' Head, it doesn't seem like there's much middle ground anymore. The problem with moving somewhere large enough to hide in is, well, anyone can hide there.

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I live in a city. Not a small town. A small city... Though frankly uptown/gaytown/andersonville in chicago is the best of most worlds.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

large town/small city sizes get fucky out here in california. your small city is probably the same size as my large town. it's really down to the character of the place and that's a very blurry line.

i like places where it's still small enough you get a lot of rural and urban overlap. more people more walks of life meet. The only way i know to force through prejudice is with proximity.

[-] Aneb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Uptoot for Pittsburgh. Best of both worlds. Really small city with a big city vibe. Lots of restaurants and different neighborhoods with a lot of differential vibes. Also very bike-able, I can bike from Southside to Lawrenceville in 30 mins.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Uh, which one? I've been to CA and PA and they are both great for different (and a few of the same) reasons.

Folk define big and small city as it suits them. Like the folk I would visit out at the farm in Oregon, that town is like 1500 people. They all look like me, we're all related. When I went to church with great gran, they asked where I was from. A town of about [low hundred thousands]. They goggled and exclaimed i was from a big city.

The largest building in town was the hospital back then, which was the only three floor building in my town. Yeah, we have a lot of people but we're packed in tight. Our "downtown", which is currently one block long on one street, did not exist back then. It's less to do with size and more to do with general ambiance.

[-] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

the place i live, seattle, is widely known as a trans mecca. a haven for people like us

and yet… a trans woman, juniper blessing, was found stabbed over 40 times in a violent hate crime a month and a half ago

IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE

as long as there are bigots, it can happen anywhere

[-] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

like as far as places in america go

it doesn't get any more trans-friendly than seattle

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Senseless violence can happen anywhere. Leaving the victim bleeding on the street without checking on them, that's a different story.

[-] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I read about that shit, so many people on facebook were insisting that Juniper's death was her fault, and they didn't use the term "her"

I gotta stop using Facebook, need to find a new news source

[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The best time to quit using Facebook was 20 years ago. The second best time, is today.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

It does happen there.

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Literally no. We don't ignore trans people who are hurt for being trans. Violent crimes in general are very low, much less targeted hate. I know it's hard to wrap your head around, a community actually caring?

[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I left the US in 2002, shortly after Dubya shat out the USA Patriot Act: I knew right there and then that the US had veered hard right towards ultra-fascism, with no hope of turning back.

Al Qaeda has won: they successfully initiated the self-destruction of America on 9/11, and now America is on the verge of taking the rest of the world down with it.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I live in California. In a city. I have a few gay friends and a trans friend.

Regular verbal harrassment. Verbal threats of violence. One of them had a guy drive by, shout F*GGOT, and throw a glass bottle into his head. Required stitches.

This is in a blue area in the bluest state.

So yeah, this is one hell of a bigoted nation. And we're currently moving backwards, not forwards. So yeah, I can totally see getting the fuck out.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shit, I'm cisgender and just queer, and I've been standing on the corner waiting for the crosswalk and have had people drive by and yell "faggot" at me even when I am not wearing anything that screams "gay." Like... How do they even know?

[-] Batmorous@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

To both of you hope you both live well and enjoy life along with your friends. Keep strapped and be prepared for anything too.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Come to Canada! We do have some anti Trans asshats, but most of us dont care what's in your pants!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I'd love to, but: I am in talks right now setting up some music stuff for the next few years. I'd like to fight for my home a little bit longer first. I want to make some music to recharge the people fighting the bigger, actually important fights.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Good on you!

[-] BouteilleBrune@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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