I just don’t know how to not ruminate about the fact that my country is running fucking death camps. There were ICE raids in neighborhoods in my city, neighborhoods that my students lived in (before they made it impossible to teach and be trans).

The government of my state is absolutely failing. I advocated for a child in foster care for a while - when I found messages between her and an adult man and tried to get anyone to do anything about it, they suggested that I might be sexually abusing her myself.

Everything is backwards. Skill and merit don’t matter anymore, while they pretend they’re getting rid of “DEI” - which in effective means they’d rather have an unqualified white guy than the most qualified POC or queer person.

I just don’t get it. Why is the world so fucking evil?

  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    81·
    2 个月前

    I think a key thing to bear in mind is that you don’t have to stay in the U.S. and be a part of it.

    I cannot afford to leave. Because I am one of those people that the law binds, but does not protect, my cis husband got essentially ALL of our resources in the divorce. I had to drop out of my master program, and I am working as much as I can with gig work and no benefits to at least try to afford to get to a safe state.

    I’ve had multiple job offers rescinded when they discovered that I was trans. Had an offer on my dream job last year - they literally cited Trump’s EO when they revoked my offer.

    People keep saying “apply to be a refugee!” but places like Canada don’t want us. The UK wouldn’t be safe, it looks like AFD is gaining power in Germany. It doesn’t seem like Europe is the safe place; it feels like nowhere is safe.

    I don’t have a lot of connection in my personal life either. My parents didn’t want me, and most other people in my state are hardline conservatives. I pass as a man, but as a gay man, and I’m just not welcome in my local community.

    It just feels like base human nature is to be stupid, cruel and lazy - that this is the path that everything eventually goes.

    • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      You re definitely in a tough spot, and there are no easy answers. Being a “refugee” from the U.S. at this point really isn’t a thing yet, as the rest of the world is still coming to grips with what is happening here. However, just because refugee status isn’t possible doesn’t mean that relocating isn’t possible. Most countries grant student visas fairly easily, and there are countries like Germany, Finland, and Iceland where education is free. While a student visa isn’t permanent residency, it can serve to get you out of the U.S. for four years while the situation in the U.S. unfolds and you explore other options.