Post B2RoIBy9R4HPetf00O by jmakesart@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #B2Rkz9GKyVz7tpOVqS by carolen@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T15:20:53.384452Z
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Lucky Dutch people đâI was afraid for my lifeâ: the transgender refugees fleeing Trumpâs AmericaFear, abuse and eroding rights for trans people have created a hostile environment in the US â can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?Ter Apel, a small, unassuming Dutch town near the German border, is a place tourists rarely have on their itinerary. There are no lovely old windmills, no cannabis-filled coffee shops and on a recent visit it was far too early for tulip seasonWhen foreigners end up there, it is for one reason: to claim asylum at the Netherlandsâ biggest refugee camp, home to 2,000 desperate people from all around the world.Some, like the Eritreans and Somalis, are fleeing war; the Syrians insist it remains unsafe for them to return home after the fall of Assad. But in the last year they have been joined by a curious new cohort: a bunch of Americans, who say they have feared for their lives ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House.Many of the American refugees, like Jane-Michelle Arc, a 47-year-old software engineer from San Francisco, are transgender. In April last year she flew into Schiphol airport in Amsterdam and, sobbing, asked a customs officer how to claim asylum. âAnd they laughed because: whatâs this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realised I was serious.âhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/i-was-afraid-for-my-life-the-transgender-refugees-fleeing-trumps-america
(DIR) Post #B2Rni4YBXc8QDzI9BI by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T15:35:44.492537Z
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@carolen Perverts gathering. Refugees my arse.
(DIR) Post #B2Ro7yFFbhFKCKmhdY by ninapaley@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T15:56:08.013856Z
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@carolen Enjoy our surplus psychos, Dutchies!
(DIR) Post #B2RoIBy9R4HPetf00O by jmakesart@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T15:57:59.371828Z
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@carolen Sorry, let me play my tiny violin a little louder.
(DIR) Post #B2Rp2e0BXh9VvClI1I by LostInCalifornia@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T16:06:22.953598Z
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@carolen Um, Guardian, this was not a slow news day.
(DIR) Post #B2RwaQufPeoUqsEuXo by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T16:02:14.360925Z
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@jmakesart @carolen There are plenty bare rocks in the Atlantic they could be put on.
(DIR) Post #B2Rwb2x7yxMQpVgPei by Biff@spinster.xyz
2026-01-19T15:56:55.338955Z
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@carolen Karma for promoting child transition?