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I see a lot of posts on my feed that imply something very bad for trans/queer people in the US might have happened recently. What was it? (I've been doing my best to not follow that kind of news for the good of my health.)

@hikari “Recently” in this case means “last couple of months” I believe if that helps you adjust your understanding of the level of badness

@hikari I guess if you haven’t been following on that timescale either the TL;DR is that legislators in many states have actively introduced and passed legislation to deny human rights to people who identify as transgender

@hikari @saagar

It’s probably a combination of Florida criminalizing more and more things, and a growing number of other states following Florida’s example. And there’s also the debate between “you can just leave!” and “no, we can’t, leaving is incredibly expensive”.

You can see the ugly details at https://github.com/jmaslak/trans-travel/tree/main/us . Florida’s incoming laws are bad enough to warrant an advisory against any travel to Florida.

@dcoderlt @hikari Yeah there’s also the part where it becomes less “why don’t you just move. lol.” and more “the terms ‘refugee’ and ‘asylum’ are now relevant for my situation because I can’t have my rights guaranteed here”