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[–] phoenixz 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

JFC

Then move. Go away. Yes you can, it's just a matter of what you're willing to give up. Walk to a different state if you have to, because at this point even homelessness sounds better than what you're experiencing.

I feel for you, I really do, but your life -in part- is what you make it. Yeah, life throws lemons at you, but its up to you to respond to that and make it something. You have the choice of staying there, brooding and complaining, or you can do something.

Join a protest group? Find like-minded people to hang out with? Maybe star driving somewhere, leave your state? Whatever you do, do something, don't just accept the status quo you're in now. Anything is better than just being miserable

You have only one life, make it fucking matter. Make a differece for yourself, then once you're okay, go in and make a difference for others. If not that, start first with others and that difference for yourself will come.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

If I just drive straight north to try to beg for asylum, I will die of heat stroke in my car which does not have working AC. I will likely get pulled over, as my car is not registered and has a piece of plastic hanging off of its side. I don’t have the money to purchase gas.

Walking would also probably lead to death from heat stroke. I would also likely be arrested due to my states hatred of the homeless/vagrancy laws. In jail, I would likely experience sexual assault as a trans person if not death.

My plan last year was to work as much as I could to save money to leave. This did not work out, because I cannot afford to fix my car, to have health insurance.

Where I am at I can afford the rent. My new job has a food pantry so I have options to not starve. I have a reputation which helps me get work opportunities.

I do work on helping others. It is killing me and I am suffering due to retaliation but I am doing my damnedest to make sure that no children experience what happened to me. I tell anyone who will listen. I try to protect others.

I give and give and give. There aren’t “communities” for people like me here. Even the most left leaning people here are at heart conservatives.

I am just going to keep going until I can’t. When I take my final actions they will be precise.