For obvious reasons, I desperately want to get out of the United States. Unfortunately, every country I look at doesn’t seem interested in gaining a retail worker with no savings.
Am I just fucked? Is anywhere accepting us as refugees? Is there anywhere that’s both relatively friendly to trans people AND relatively easy for an American to immigrate to?
The STCA is still in effect but only for foreigners, US citizens can claim refugee status anyway. It might help to contact a lawyer or a non-profit like Rainbow Railroad or at least consult this guide (May 2025).
Either way, there is a major push to create LGBT+ exemptions in the STCA or repeal it altogether, and it has been successfully challenged in court by a non-binary person.