Just a reminder for con organizers, even outside immigration risks, this is genuinely all that is still relatively safe for gnc attendees in America, 2025.
@hacks4pancakes as someone from the midwest, i can tell you that those are the only states that matter anyways  
@hacks4pancakes although i wouldn't advise going to the U.P. as a trans person, finnish lutherans are scary 
@hacks4pancakes @mochabeau As someone who grew up there (before realizing she was trans) hard agree. The rural parts are downright scary to me now, where before they were merely uncomfortable. Don't go to any of the "metro areas" (hah!) with fewer than 10k people if you can help it. That leaves (in rough order of how safe I would feel)
- Marquette (and Ishpeming, Negaunee)
- Houghton
- Escanaba
- Sault St Marie