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невероятно вообще, как до 2022 года я тихо-мирно жила как открытая трансгендерная женщина (в Мск) и не особо тужила, коллеги по работе это всё оценивали как "ну вот, она много думала, но в конце концов сменила пол. такое бывает" - и было заметно проще быть трансгендерной девушкой, чем, скажем, геем. а тут хо-бана, и за год трансгендеры стали главным врагом государства номер один. поразительно, бля.
искренне считаю, что дедушка насмотрелся фокс ньюз у себя в бункере, и проникся. под целевую аудиторию тоже подходит, как никак...
oh no, I'm really sorry you're stuck there amid all that!! did they put restrictions on leaving, or is it all the other complexity and difficulty of emigrating?
"Restrictions on leaving" usually only apply to military-aged men (or other people who could be drafted). In practice though, there's the following problems:
- Borders. The russian passport and Fortress Europe policies mean you have to jump through a lot of hoops to go to Europe at all, much less get a work visa or asylum.
- Money. There's currency conversion restrictions still in place, coupled with VISA/MasterCard pulling out, so you can't buy airplane tickets
- Lack of air travel. The only air routes to EU countries available are through stopovers with Armenia/Georgia/Kazakhstan, and you can't buy those tickets in a package - see the money issues above, as well as ticket services switching off their routes with Russia entirely.
this is assuming you don't have family still left in your country that you can't leave behind, AND you're eligible for visa/asylum, AND you have money
no official restrictions - yet, at the very least - but:
- i'm poor
- i can't seem to find a job over the border - no wonder with my piss-poor credentials, i guess
- i'm still too scared to try to seek refuge, it still seems like a step into oblivion, especially since i can't leave my wife behind
Maybe im just too pea-brained, but finding a way out of here feels like an insurmountable obstacle to me
ah! understood, that's a lot of difficulties to overcome. really sorry to hear that :( wishing you the best, I hope the political situation gets better for trans people over there soon, or you can find some way out somehow
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