Ran into my sexy muscle-gay neighbor. Told him I was moving in January. Turns out he's thinking of moving to Portland--and working to arrange his life to leave the country if needed.
We both know MANY people who are leaving Texas. Honestly, it's wild. For many years, the queer and trans people, and many of the women, I know have talked about leaving--and now, they're doing it.
I'm practically a recluse, and I personally know 7 people/families who are leaving Texas, two who are leaving the US.
@tyghebright you know of that crazy Dr. Bronner of the looney soap labels? He’d escaped Nazi Germany as the Nazis were ascendant, and the last he ever heard from his parents was a postcard that read “You were right. Your loving father”. His parents died in concentration camps.
Without meaning to sound needlessly alarmist, get out while you can.