[Sophie]

ID changes are state based, not federal, but the Trump Effect has emboldened asshats like my state’s attorney general to make policies targeting trans people. There’s even reports of him reversing previous marker changes. I am very aware of how much better this all is in Western Europe, or Canada, but to paraphrase Napoleon Dynamite, countries only want people who have great skills. I’m just a regular gal, with two kids, and not a lot to offer, nor money to make a move that big. I have family who would probably help if it was literally life or death. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. I do live adjacent to the bluest state in the midwest, which is probably where I end up, if it comes to it. But their ultimate goal is to make being trans illegal everywhere. For me, there’s a lot riding on November (as there is for everyone).