Christine Lemmer-WebberMay 5, 2025
If you are going to read one and ONLY one article about the state of the US, why trans people in particular are under threat, with historical and contemporary analysis, please PLEASE read and share this article about a historian who is trans and has neurodivergent children, and why she is painfully packing up and exiting the US: https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/why-i-am-leaving-the-usa/
Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dame Magazine

My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of planning summer vacation and planting flowers, we're tackling a mountain of overdue home repairs, painting, carpeting, and deep

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Show threadJonathan Lamothe
@cwebber I couldn't read the whole thing because it was triggering my anxiety too hard, and I'm a white cis-het guy living outside the US. I can't imagine being a trans person inside the US right now.
May 5, 2025 at 12:59pmWeb