Trans Safe Harbor Network
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Connecting trans people with resources in safer countries to make relocation and emigration easier. 🏳️⚧️🌎🌍🌏🏳️⚧️ Insta: @/transsafeharbornetwork Email: transsafeharbor@proton.me Web: *coming soon*
Digital self defense is critically important for trans people in our modern interconnected world. Keep communications secure and remember that not all conversations can or should happen on-line. Here are some digital tools and practices to keep yourself safer.
Sometimes we are not given a warning when we need to relocate quickly. Here is a short guide to the basics needed in a Go Bag. For more in depth assistance with this please contact our team.
Planning is critical to a safe exit strategy. But there are ways to plan safely that mitigate the risk to you as well as to friends and comrades should the state weaponize it’s power against you.
Based on a variety of factors over the last weeks, not the least of which was the recent supreme court ruling and notable anti-migrant declarations, we not longer endorse the UK as a safer country. It still may be a good choice for those in extreme danger but proceed with caution.
Trans Safe Harbor Network@transsafeharbor.bsky.social · 2y agoWe include the UK grudgingly as the laws currently on the books in terms of protections are decent, the trends we see in the political life there however do not look good in the future as it lives up to it’s nickname of TERF Island. Medical access in particular is heavily attacked as of posting.
Based on a variety of factors over the last weeks, not the least of which was the recent supreme court ruling and notable anti-migrant declarations, we not longer endorse the UK as a safer country. It still may be a good choice for those in extreme danger but proceed with caution.
Trans Safe Harbor Network@transsafeharbor.bsky.social · 2y agoWe include the UK grudgingly as the laws currently on the books in terms of protections are decent, the trends we see in the political life there however do not look good in the future as it lives up to it’s nickname of TERF Island. Medical access in particular is heavily attacked as of posting.
Our friends at Trans Rescue have compiled a good explainer for trans people from the US and UK who are looking to leave their respective countries. Tl;dr Asylum is not a realistic option and could cause you more harm than staying in your current country. transrescue.org/asylum-for-t...
Asylum For Trans Brits And Americans: We Need To Talk - Trans Rescue
If you are a British or American trans person, things are not looking good. For Brits there’s a horrifyingly speedy descent into a TERF utopia after the UK Supreme Court sided with transphobes, while ...
transrescue.org
Our friends at Trans Rescue have compiled a good explainer for trans people from the US and UK who are looking to leave their respective countries. Tl;dr Asylum is not a realistic option and could cause you more harm than staying in your current country. transrescue.org/asylum-for-t...
Asylum For Trans Brits And Americans: We Need To Talk - Trans Rescue
If you are a British or American trans person, things are not looking good. For Brits there’s a horrifyingly speedy descent into a TERF utopia after the UK Supreme Court sided with transphobes, while ...
transrescue.org
Planning is critical to a safe exit strategy. But there are ways to plan safely that mitigate the risk to you as well as to friends and comrades should the state weaponize it’s power against you.
Digital self defense is critically important for trans people in our modern interconnected world. Keep communications secure and remember that not all conversations can or should happen on-line. Here are some digital tools and practices to keep yourself safer.
Sometimes we are not given a warning when we need to relocate quickly. Here is a short guide to the basics needed in a Go Bag. For more in depth assistance with this please contact our team.
Our work began with information gathering. The fruits of that labor is a list of 28 ”safer“ countries for trans people who are considering migration. We will roll out information about each of these over the next few months in this thread. We hope you find this information useful. 🧵
Colombia is definitely not one of the safest countries, but it ranks well ahead of the US and with a very low cost of living this could be a great option for remote workers. As always with any colonial country any migration should be mindful of the indigenous populations.
New Zealand has all the problems of any settler colonial state with tensions between indigenous populations & the settler class. We recommend seeking other options if you are not Maori. Politically they have taken a rightward turn in recent years and this may undo many recent liberalizing advances.
Ayham - a trans man from Jordan. His family forces him to live as a woman, threatening to send him to a mental institution, while his tribe has openly threatened to kill him. At university, he is failed by professors for being trans, and harassed by classmates. www.gofundme.com/f/act-now-jo...
Donate to Act Now: Jordanian Trans Man Needs Help!, organized by Yusra Hasan
My name is Ayham, a trans man from Jordan. My life is in danger because of w… Yusra Hasan needs your support for Act Now: Jordanian Trans Man Needs Help!
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Please help Shahm (he/him) in Jordan 🇯🇴🏳️⚧️ Any support can be life saving. If you can’t donate then please share. Thank you 🙏🏽 gofund.me/71790e0a
Donate to Save Jordanian Transman’s Life ⚧️, organised by Shahm Ruben
** Note: Due to GoFundMe’s lack of coverage in Jordan, my friend Saeed is helping me tra… Shahm Ruben needs your support for Save Jordanian Transman’s Life ⚧️
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Yusra — a Palestinian trans woman in Jordan needs your help to flee to safety and seek asylum to Berlin. She’s trapped at her parents house and can’t leave due to repeated harassments and discrimination. Please donate & share — every cent counts! chuffed.org/project/pale...
Support Palestinian Trans Woman's Journey to Safety
Hi everyone, I'm Yusra... A Palestinian trans woman currently living in Jordan.
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Yusra & Akram are a lesbian and trans couple living in Jordan and Palestine. They are trapped in an abusive, toxic environment and fear for their lives. Please help them escape this dangerous situation and live a dignified life together. chuffed.org/project/1242...
Save Palestinian Jordanian Trans & Queer Couple
I'm a lesbian living in a toxic environment. My father recently found out about me and ever since he has been my biggest nightmare about it. He is violent and won’t let me leave the house except to un...
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No where is safe. There is only relative safety. Creating migration contingency plans is a wise idea, but wherever you are, you ought to invest your energy in mutual aid networks for food, shelter, and healthcare - locally, regionally, and internationally. No one will save us but ourselves. 🏳️⚧️💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿🏳️⚧️
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2y agoGetting word that New Zealand may implement severe restrictions to an outright ban on puberty blockers in coming months. PATHA has released a statement. There’s a reason I’ve been leaving NZ off of my list of countries to flee to when people ask.
No where is safe. There is only relative safety. Creating migration contingency plans is a wise idea, but wherever you are, you ought to invest your energy in mutual aid networks for food, shelter, and healthcare - locally, regionally, and internationally. No one will save us but ourselves. 🏳️⚧️💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿🏳️⚧️
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2y agoGetting word that New Zealand may implement severe restrictions to an outright ban on puberty blockers in coming months. PATHA has released a statement. There’s a reason I’ve been leaving NZ off of my list of countries to flee to when people ask.
Australia could be a good option for Commonwealth citizens. Although, like any settler colonial state it has tensions between the settler class and the indigenous Aboriginal people. Trans rights are relatively secure and work is available.
Uruguay is a risky choice. Financially it is best suited to remote workers as job opportunities are few. While it has good legal protections on the books it also has a rather high homicide rater when it comes to trans people. Approach with caution.
While South Africa still experiences massive racial and economic inequality, the legal protections for trans people are quite good. This could be a good option for Black people who do not want to be in a white majority country. Social safety and acceptance breakdown largely along class lines.
By all reports, Austria has a thriving trans scene in the larger cities, is well connected to the rest of Europe by rail, and despite risks of right wing political movements, remains one of the better options in Europe.
This is why we are doing what we do. Our threat modeling gave 12-24 months before things got bad bad. It‘s now three months in and the shorter timeline is looking increasingly plausible. That‘s nine months babes. USians cannot claim asylum, but there are still a lot of options. 🏳️⚧️
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2y agoI think everyone needs to seriously start planning how to get out of the US to somewhere safe. There's no calvary coming. The rule of law is gone and there are no more checks. This is going to get horrifyingly worse.
This is why we are doing what we do. Our threat modeling gave 12-24 months before things got bad bad. It‘s now three months in and the shorter timeline is looking increasingly plausible. That‘s nine months babes. USians cannot claim asylum, but there are still a lot of options. 🏳️⚧️
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2y agoI think everyone needs to seriously start planning how to get out of the US to somewhere safe. There's no calvary coming. The rule of law is gone and there are no more checks. This is going to get horrifyingly worse.
Our core team is based in Berlin. There is a thriving trans scene for people of all walks of life and a deeply caring community. Köln is also reportedly positive and has many resources. Outside these two cities one can feel the rise of the extreme right wing very acutely.
I am not promising you you'll be safe, I am asking you to be brave.
While not the most expensive country in Europe, Luxembourg remains phenomenally pricey. Probably only an option with a well paying job offer. That said, the laws protecting trans people are quite good and the country itself can be quite lovely.
