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Christine Lemmer-Webber
@cwebber@social.coop

Is it ethical for trans people to leave the US?

"Is it ethical to leave" is a wholly different question than "is it the right decision to leave". You'll note that I haven't made any assertion that anyone should leave in these threads. I have asked whether people are interested in leaving, I have asserted that it's ethical to leave, and I have pointed to resources for those who wish to leave.

If it's ethical to leave a state, it's ethical to leave a nation-state.

Christine Lemmer-Webber
@cwebber@social.coop

So now for whether you should leave.

I'm still not going to tell you.

However, I'll note that we're at the point now that most people I know will be pretty assertive: if you are trans and in Texas or Florida, "you need to get out of there". And many people I know are helping trans people leave those places for safer parts of the US.

The question is then, could the US as a whole get to the same point as Florida / Texas? Or worse?

Christine Lemmer-Webber
@cwebber@social.coop

What I will say is: at the moment that everyone comes to a conclusion that they should leave the US, I don't think if we look historically it will be very easy to do so, unless if you've been preparing in advance. Everyone's rushing to the exits, and you can't get out. Similar to when there was a run on toilet paper at the start of the pandemic. At that infliction point, people start panicking and it's impossible to take action for everyone.