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-= We hoped we never had to do this but here we are and we now have to do this. =-
American trans humans are under threat and like in 1930s Germany, they now have to GTFO of their home country.
We have decided we need to collect some information on the possible ways out.
So we made a wiki.
We are collecting information on possible exit routes into various countries. We focus on work, study and self employment visas as they are available at the moment.
Along the exit routes we collect visa types, the state of trans healthcare and legislation to protect trans humans.
So far, we only have information for a small number of countries, but: it's a wiki! So please help adding missing information for places you have knowledge of. Focus on vetted information, ideally from first-hand experience or at least trusted sources.
If you have further questions reach out to us, we will try to find answers for them and add them to the wiki
Regarding Germany: we have general elections on february 23 and the strongest party (conservatives, CDU) have just voted together with the extreme right on migration... many of us are fearing that after the election the conservatives could build a gouvernement together with the extreme right. Both of those parties leaders seem to like a lot of the things the Trump administration is doing.
There are ongoing big protests and many people are working hard that it doesn't turn to the worst after our election, but right now friends of mine are really making plans how to leave the country themselves if it turns dark here too...
So...maybe, even if your longterm goal would be Germany, right now go elsewhere first and wait what happens after February 23.
[Edit: and yes you've read that right...we are on a path right now on which it is possible, that the conservatives help extreme right to power in Germany again...and if it takes 2 more elections it would be _exactly_ after 100 years...]
@MurmeltHier @transworldexpress I would like to understand better the anti-immigrant attitudes in Germany. Do anti-immigrant people in Germany hate ALL immigrants, or just immigrants who don't speak German well, or just immigrants who belong to particular cultures, religions, or races?
Basically, I'm trying to learn whether specific people that I know would be welcome as long-term visitors to Germany if they first studied German.
@Lkdc @MurmeltHier @transworldexpress it depends. There are more extreme ones that are against all immigrants, but they are very rare. I would say most anti-immigrant people are mostly against people from Africa and the Middle East and are worried about them using our social systems. They are not attacking them, just want the state to move them out of the country. Somehow they think they would get more, if there are less immigrants. I would say avoid east Germany (except Berlin).
@duco @MurmeltHier @transworldexpress Thank you for the information. It is helpful to hear from people with personal knowledge of Germany.
@Lkdc @MurmeltHier @transworldexpress people are saying the Turks and Arabs are creating a parallel culture and want to kick them all out.
There's a lot of anti-black racism too, but there's so few black people in Germany it's hard to know.
I mean I live next to an African shop but even then it's like a monthly occurrence.
I also live next to a Synagogue and it's not the ideal place for Jews either, they need police protection. Classic Nazis are now joined by antisemitic Arabs, not safe.