For some ex-Texans, Seattle has become a haven. Victoria Scott, a trans woman and freelance writer, lived in Houston working as a programmer at NASA after college in 2018. After coming out as transgender, she said that she found both Houston and Texas hostile. Scott moved around and lived briefly in Reno, Nevada, before settling in Seattle with her wife at the end of 2023. In Seattle, Scott found the foundation she had long needed.
“It’s done more for my day-to-day lived experience and mental health as a trans woman than basically any other thing I’ve ever done,” Scott told Chron.
The fact that they used a quote from a trans woman in an article about trans issues already puts them above NY Times
Seattle is good. Tacoma is cheaper and also good. Probably not cheaper than Texas, but everyone is welcome.
Been seeing more trans people in my travels, but idk if that’s due to influx or people just feeling more comfortable.
We’re always around, and you’re seeing more of us than you think!
Maybe some of these Texans will finally bring good BBQ to the area!
There’s a decent spot in Lake Forest Park but we could certainly use an influx.
I saw the writing on the wall seventeen years ago and at 40 moved with my husband (we’re a gay couple) and our then 5 yr old daughter to Northampton, Massachusetts. We had lived in Texas our entire lives (I’m from Ft Worth, he’s from Abilene), so we were no strangers to racism. But the racism that came out during Obama’s first presidential run told me it was time to flee. Texas was certainly no place we wanted to raise our daughter. We wound up moving to Vermont a couple of years later. And eventually we settled in upstate NY in 2016. We prefer the more liberal New England states but cannot afford them. Upstate NY gives us a reasonable cost of living, along with all the lgbtq state protections that put our minds at rest. Well, as ‘at rest’ as one can be with Cankles McTaco Tits in the Oval Office right now.
Most people find Houston, Texas to be hostile.
Just driving on Westheimer is enough to make rational people leave.
Here’s hoping all the talent like Victoria abandons Texas and makes the Zodiac State insolvent.
Honestly Texas is probably effectively insolvent long term regardless, short of a massive shift in economic organization that entire state will start looking like an even shittier version of those random half abandoned towns in Idaho.
Most people find Houston, Texas to be hostile.
The Montrose area of Houston used to be one of the safest and liveliest Out LGBTQ communities in the country. It still has a large gay population, but the inflated real estate prices and over-development has driven lots of low income people elsewhere.
Just driving on Westheimer is enough to make rational people leave.
The traffic certainly sucks. But idk what you mean beyond that. Westheimer has a ton of cheap apartment housing and a huge multi-ethnic community of young professionals
It’s a great place to live when you’re straight out of college
Houston has so much going for it what with all the petrochemical factories providing spicy air for you and all the crime, heat and flooding adding adventure to your day.
