I want to immigrate to someplace that’s not a shit hole teetering on the brink. The culture is so fucking violent and geared towards crushing the human spirit, it really is a blight. Is there any place in the world that’s halfway decent and isn’t infected with burger brain disease? Especially if it’s easy for an angloid simpleton such as myself to assimilate.
Edit: also trans friendly! Or at least not a danger zone like half the US.
I’ve been spending this year living in different countries for a few months each to see where I want to ultimately end up. Been to Mexico, Japan, and currently Korea. I think Japan is by far the most trans friendly of those three, I met a lot of super cool trans/nb/gender nonconforming people there and the vibes were really good. Ofc I can only speak from second hand experience as a cis guy but it seemed like a really welcoming place overall.
Mexico City has a pretty sizable lgbtq+ community, my trans brother and his husband have lived there for two years with no issues. People are still generally less open about it though and I’d be wary of anywhere outside of CDMX as they tend to be much more catholic/reactionary.
Korea is uhhh not a good place to be a cis woman let alone gay or trans. Some of the men here can be incredibly hostile and outright violent to anyone outside their narrow range of “acceptability”. I’ve had numerous friends get harassed and assaulted by drunk assholes on the street before. 1/10 would not recommend
Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand are next up and from what I’ve heard are some of the most trans friendly places in Asia, I can keep you posted on how that pans out lol
Thanks for the input, that’s really interesting! Unfortunately I would stick out terribly in Japan as I’m pasty white and 6’2". I’ve heard from some trans women that they had okay experiences there. They’d get clocked but it wasn’t any agro attitudes, just like ‘oh hi trans person’ type of attitude. I would honestly love to move to Mexico or Cuba, but I have issues with heat tolerance and I’ve had a few heat injuries.
How the heck do you manage living in different countries like that?
I actually met a pasty 6’+ trans woman there and she had very positive impressions of the country, of course ymmv. The heat might be more of in issue in Japan than Mexico though, 90+ with high humidity well into September in Tokyo while Mexico City was low 80s in April/June.
I work in the spreadsheet factory but have been fully remote for almost 3 years, lost the only reason I had for staying in the US so I’ve become one of those gentrifying digital nomads