ramshacklefey:
spacelazarwolf:
white trans ppl from liberal suburbia in blue states will go on and on about how scary it is to be a trans person right now but the second they encounter a trans person from a red state they’ll be like “ummmmm why would you live in such an uncivilized place lmao maybe you shouldn’t have voted for republicans like if you don’t like how conservative it is then just leave” as if these states aren’t populated by black and brown people who face intense voter suppression and poor people who can’t just up and leave. not to mention the fact that all those articles y’all are sharing about the state of trans safety? those are in our states and we will be the ones who go down first. so instead of laughing at us dumb hicks from your liberal safe haven, consider instead shutting the fuck up and actually doing something to help us. because they’re coming for you next.
I live in a conservative state in the US. There are more liberal, safer states next to mine that I could move to. I’ve seen the map going around that shows which ones they are.
There’s no way I could move to any of them because the cost of living in those states is 2 - 3 times what it is here.
When I lived in North Idaho, I worked at a comic shop run by an older lesbian couple. They’d lived in that town since they were kids. They’re the bedrock of the queer community in that town. People would sometimes ask them why they didn’t move to a safer place.
Their answer was always the same, “If we did, who would be here to do what we do?”
Look, if you can move to live somewhere safer, I’m never going to say you shouldn’t. Your safety and well-being are important.
But before you go, remember that every time one of us leaves, there’s one fewer here to protect each other.
And like OP said, this isn’t going to end. They won’t be happy until they’ve destroyed us, and they will come after your liberal paradise. Our survival will depend, as it always has, on hanging together.