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"Early in the morning after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a large and
chaotic family of Americans — six adults, four children, and a 115lb service
dog named Luka — spilled out of a plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and
told puzzled border guards that they had come to claim asylum.
Some 48 hours later, they were in a Dutch refugee center, joining a growing
number of transgender Americans seeking refuge in other developed countries for
fear of persecution under the Trump administration.
“We truly believed that if we did not get out before it started... our children
were going to lose at least one parent, if not more,” Jey Poston, a 32-year-old
transgender man and paralegal claiming refugee status in the Netherlands with
his polyamorous blended family, told
The Independent.
“Two of us are trans, two of us have physical disabilities, we are a
multiracial family, all four of our children have autism, and we cross all
spectrums of sexuality as well. So we’re just kind of a rolling ball of
targets.”
Poston was one of four trans Americans seeking asylum abroad who shared their
stories with
The Independent. And they are not alone."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
