i’m finally graduating from high school soon :D oh my god i’m so glad that i’m leaving this shithole behind. anyways hopefully i’ll be studying abroad this or next year. i want to transition where i live but surprise surprise “where i live” isn’t really nice towards queer people.
should i include that i’m seeking asylum to transition? i feel like its a bit too much as i don’t know if i can call myself a refugee. (also i don’t want to forfeit my current citizenship lol)
also any uni/college suggestions for computer science? united states is a big nono unless i get accepted by a high ranking college and if it’s in a blue state
It partly depends on where you are. Much like the US, there’s a split between urban and rural.
I can only really speak for Toronto. We have a center-left mayor, fly the progress flag at municipal buildings, have strong LGBTQ protections, and have a generally welcoming population. The biggest issues with trans health care are due to the systematic destruction of our health system by a conservative grifter with a personal vendetta against us, and the federal government (useless libs) is just letting him do his thing. Mind you, that’s a problem province-wide. But otherwise, I feel very safe here
Ottawa seems quite queer friendly from the times I’ve visited. The rainbow flag is flown loud and proud. I also used to work in Kitchener/Waterloo but rarely left the office (I’m a big city girl so it’s not my vibe), but my friends out there seem to like it. I also have trans friends in Guelph. Hamilton recently struck down a transphobic train ad, which is a good sign.
Doug Ford can go fuck himself with a rusty tailpipe
For outsiders: Doug Ford is the Premier of Ontario, vaguely like a governor I think, and is Conservative. From Toronto, Ottawa is about 3ish hours North East by car, and Kitchener-Waterloo (KW) is about 1hr South West of Toronto. Hamilton is perhaps the next major city after Toronto and is around 30 minutes South (ish) of Toronto. Guelph is a smaller city 30ish minutes North of KW.
This is why these various places were all brought up in relation to a comment about KW. Besides Ottawa, they’re all pretty close to each other.
And yes rusty tailpipe sounds about right 😉
Yeah he’s the equivalent of a governor, just for a much larger area. The other significance of Ottawa (for those in the US) is that it’s the capital of Canada and the second largest city in Ontario