I’ve experienced torture, it’s essentially legal to fire me at any point for being trans (which has happened multiple times) and I’m financially fucked to the point where I am bordering homelessness.
I can teach science, math, history and have experience and certifications. I will move anywhere in the world (that is safe/has access to testosterone) to teach, as long as I can have help figuring out visas and maybe help with the cost of the plane getting there.
I’ve thought about Peace Corps, but I am concerned that the current administration will fuck with that program too.
I know https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/ is an org that facilitates this kind of thing and https://www.translifeline.org/ might be able to get you with the visa and such.
I wish you luck. I would be heading out as well if it was feasible.
Rainbow Railroad does not help individuals in the US, because if a cop murders me, it’s still technically illegal.
I have already contacted Translifeline, and they were not able to help me either.
oof, i had both of those in my pocket for if things got worse where I am. I will be watching this thread keenly
I reached out to them back in February and they said they don’t help US peoples. They were also backed up then, I can only imagine now.
Fwiw I did eventually flee but it was through work
idk about asylum but Thailand has a pretty permissive visa system where you just keep renewing it every few months for a small fee
Not at all how it works. I live in Thailand on a work visa, but you can only get those for a very short job list (like a teacher). People do border and visa runs every few months but that’s tiring and you can be denied entry randomly, and obviously you can’t have a job in Thailand with that. There’s a DTV visa you can get if you can prove a remote job and have 500 000 baht in your bank account (that money will always have to be there, you can’t move it out). Other than that there’s a marriage visa and retirement visa (800k in a bank account at all times).
Check out teaching programs in Thailand which is probably the most trans safe country in the world. If you’re a native English speaker with teaching training you can get a work visa and a ~1k usd/mo job which is more than enough in this region and generally the organization hiring you handles everything including housing except the flight and initial embassy application.
The trans culture here is ancient and thus a bit different though so you might need to familiarize with that first and see if its acceptable for you.
Feel free to PM me for more info. I don’t have particular experience here but I’ve seen people do this and I do live in Thailand almost full time now.
If your Spanish is good and you can get a job teaching, Uruguay may be a good option.
Also, if you just need to try and move to a safer place within the US, feel free to DM me.
