• NuraShiny [any]@hexbear.net
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    24 hours ago

    I don’t know. Couldn’t you technically fly to the EU on a tourist visa and claim asylum? If the EU has travel advisory for trans people, it seems like it should be a thing, but I am probably way too hopeful there.

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      2 hours ago

      Sadly so far claiming asylum in an EU country hasn’t worked yet for US trans people as far as I am aware. Also if an asylum claim is denied you will be sent back and barred from re-entry and work visas for a while. It’s not an application anyone should make lightly. Wish it were different. Maybe give it another few months and maybe they’ll stop being so worried about annoying the Cheeto and they will let beurocracy catch up with reality.

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      23 hours ago

      Asylum? Not a lawyer either but I suppose that travelers should prove(!) that staying in the US is dangerous personally(!) to them. You can’t get asylum just because you don’t like the government. At least I think that is how it works :)

      • NuraShiny [any]@hexbear.net
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        23 hours ago

        I think pointing at the anti-trans sentiment and legislation that is being pushed should be enough, but I am a lefty, so I have no power.

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          I heard a piece on the Dutch news of gay Americans and parents of trans kids already applied for asylum. Will take a while before we’ll hear if they’re actually granted asylum but there are already people trying. They are personally affected though, and felt unsafe enough to leave their country behind so I’m not sure this is valuable information for someone who just dislikes their government.

          Also in my life I’ve met a bunch of people who moved here, they didn’t come across as all being from a single economic class but didn’t check their payslips.

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          23 hours ago

          Doubt that “sentiments” are enough. I would expect the need of proved fact of being prosecuted in the process. Or something like that.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      24 hours ago

      Probably not. Let’s not pretend that European leaders aren’t fantasizing about doing some of the stuff trump is doing. They only care about trans people in this context because it allows them to point at the US and say, aren’t you glad you aren’t over there, now give us all your money so we can buy missiles and tanks