Gay man here in Missouri. A lot of my trans friends and me are very concerned about our futures.
You should be. We should all be concerned about our futures. I'm a white, CIS guy, and I'm concerned. We're completely off the rails now.
I'm a white CIS guy as well, and I'm worried to the point I can barely function this morning.
I work at a not for profit hospital that's already on a shoestring budget. Any cuts to government healthcare coverage and my department may as well get slashed in half
In a country with a barely functioning (for the non-wealthy) medical system, it can still get worse.
I'm concerned about your futures too. My daughter is queer and as of 2 am this morning, we've been working on plans to get to the UK, where I have dual citizenship.
Doo it. You should me able to get a family visa as long as your daughter is under 18 and your family income is over £29k.
We're working on it. My wife is sending out resumes today.
My boyfriend ~~totes not domestic partner of 7 years, because I'm trying to get on SSDI~~ does have dual citizenship in 🇮🇪 (also an O'Brien lol).
Can you get emergency married and have him get you over?
Best of luck to you and your family to get out of there as quick and easy as possible.
Thank you. Best of luck to you as well.
Godspeed
Thank you.
care to take 3 along with you?
I wish I could. I wish I could take my daughter's girlfriend and her trans friend with me.
That would be much better for sure
Any chance you and your friends can hijack a decent State and dig a giant moat around it?
I think our best hope is to move to California and then wait for The Big One to break CA off from the rest of the US.
Move to Alaska. We need more left-leaning people. We're already starting to go purple and our population is so low that it probably won't take much to get us to go solidly blue.
Plus, you won't have to wait for a massive earthquake to separate you from the rest of the country. Canada will do that.
Tempting. It is beautiful up there.
Never kill yourself for something that's somebody else's fault.
Don’t forget what happened with O’Brien next.
#facts right here!
I wish I lived to see Cochrans first warp test but it’s the Bell riots for us instead. Fuck I hate this timeline
Well to be fair, the bell riots happened on the way to Cochrane's big test. Mind you, we now have WW3 to look forward to...
See also:
I have to believe that it can get better.
Will it have a chance to get better?
I wish I shared your optimism.
Don't confuse optimism for desperation:-)
But Star Trek is a great example of what can come after e.g. Bell Riots.
We learn and grow through pain.
You seem to have missed the global nuclear war that happened between the bell riots and shiny space communism.
Wouldn't mind avoiding that, though it seems like thats getting more and more probable.
Things might get better, after everyone dies for stupid bullshit, but that's hardly a comfort.
Well, I did say after:-).
All that we can hope to do is to give it our best shot.
Edit:
It's not a phaser, but...... I've thought about it today.
I know it’s nothing useful for concrete or really all that helpful, but I support you and you’re in my thoughts. I hope things get better for you and all the people who have a tough time ahead.
💚
Yep.
I understand, but also, please don't. As bad as it is right now, the world is still a better place with you in it. Call or text 988 if you're feeling suicidal, there are people there ready to listen and help.
As I said to someone else- you need to remember what happened after that moment in the show. But thank you for the info.
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