Fearing for their trans daughter's safety, a Texas family flees to Oregon

[CanonRay]

“I would always say, ‘Well, I’m going to stay here and fight until they try and take my kids away.’ And I would say it as, like a, well, you know, that’s never going to happen. But then it did,” Karen said.

“We were advised to leave before we couldn’t leave.”


https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3038885644429-fearing-for-their-trans-daughter-s-safety-a-texas-family-flees-to-oregon?_f=app_share&s=a1&share_destination_id=NDcxNjU3NjYtMTY4NTExNjI0ODY1NA%3D%3D&pd=03BtyAOP&hl=en_US&send_time=1685116248&actBtn=fb&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2223.20.0%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D


I'm glad I live in a free state.

[MineralMan]

1. Smart move!

[Aristus]

2. Any "Come on! Texas isn't so bad!"-types want to take this?

n/t

[roamer65]

31. I really wonder what's gonna happen when temps start pushing 125-130 F in Texas.

It’s coming faster than we think.

2022 we reached 523 ppm CO2e.

I don’t want any of the Texas fascists up north in MI.

NONE OF THEM.

I’m sure you don’t want them in Washington State, either.

[walkingman]

3. Jealous - I live in Texas and we can't leave because of family obligations.

You did good....it has gotten worse and worse for the last 30 years and I don't see that changing.

Have Fun!!!

[jmbar2]

4. Beautiful story - thanks for posting

I moved from Texas to Oregon because of the ugly weather and politics. I'm so glad that this little girl will have a chance to have a normal life.

So happy to be in Oregon now.

[LakeArenal]

5. This heartbreaking yet heartwarming.

But…. The comments are so horrendously Texan. Even the rednecks in Oregon are awfully Texan.

[Tickle]

6. What do you mean by you are leaving before you can't

Maybe I read it wrong but TX isn't jailing people now, are they?

[Marthe48]

7. Increments

one step toward fascism, then another and another, and pretty soon, women and minorities lose their human and civil rights. I can see trying to get in and out of red states getting harder and harder. Sooner.

[Tickle]

13. Thank you all for your response

Wow, the fears that have come upon us are genuinely horrific. I hope this never comes to fruition, and I'm sorry people feel this way. I am still determining where my country went to.

[Marthe48]

20. Yes

I hope that the insanity will stop advancing, but so far, the extremists on the right aren't stopping their mad lunges at others.

[leftieNanner]

8. Abbott has set CPS on families

He claims that parents who treat gender dysphoria are committing child abuse. He wants CPS to remove the children from their parents' custody.

I think that's what is meant here.

[CanonRay]

9. I think once Child Protective Services

started a case against her, they wouldnt let the child leave.

[rainin]

12. Yep, this is the reality parents are facing: charges of child abuse and loss of parental rights

I'd leave, too, if my daughter were a minor child.

[moreland01]

14. I'm guessing they meant is in a purely survivalist

way. Keep their daughter alive, healthy and happy.

[Trailrider1951]

16. I think it's about the now prevalent practice of sending Child Protective Services to investigate

the parents for child abuse if they provide gender-affirming care for their trans child. Those g-damn republicans in Texas are weaponizing CPS against the parents. Disclaimer: I have a trans grandchild, whose parents fled Texas for Washington State in 2016. I followed in 2017 after my house sold. I just could not live there anymore.

[sybylla]

23. You going to leave a state after it takes your child away?

Then you're kinda stuck fighting to stay in your child's life and get them back.

And haven't you already failed them, by that time?

[MOMFUDSKI]

10. Just met a gal at my

hairdresser’s today. She is upper fifties and gay. Is moving out of Florida. Been here since the’80s.
Had enough. Wants to be “anywhere north of the Mason/Dixon!

[Sky Jewels]

22. She should steer clear of Ohio, though.

The state of my birth has gone down the crapper.

[Hope22]

26. Yes Ohio is a banana peel headed for the dumpster.

The State Legislators are driving the dump truck!

[roamer65]

29. Michigan, Illinois or Minnesota.

[lame54]

11. Flees or upgrades?

[rainin]

15. Last night, my SO and I made a decision that, if TX passes a law

similar to FLA, allowing healthcare workers to refuse care based on religious objections, our house goes up for sale immediately. We don't even want to visit a state where it's that unsafe for my daughter. Luckily, she got out and is living in a safe place. We haven't run yet, but we have our breaking point

[rainin]

17. The comments on this article are shocking. I'm still shocked by how

hateful the religious right are. I don't understand how they can be so vile

[CanonRay]

19. I read and posted the article, but never read the comments

Holy Shit! The hate is palpable. I blame the so called Christian churches, who have nothing about Jesus to preach, just more hate.

[dchill]

28. Their "religion" is the perfect opposite of Christianity.

Hate, racism, bigotry and guns. All standalone no-gos for Christianity.

[roamer65]

30. Christofascists are vile, horrible creatures.

They not human.

[SWBTATTReg]

18. Sad and unfortunate, but at least there's somewhere safe for folks to move to, live. Still...

I don't want to be the harbinger of doom, but repugs will find out that their drumbeats against Trans will slowly tamper off, the effectiveness will wear off (but unfortunately the negative effects will linger around longer). But my point here is that they'll find another target to screech and yell about. Be on the lookout, be aware, be safe.

I guess I'm just paranoid, when the hate against one target fades away, the haters find yet another target. I like to think that such hate and such would be loudly disavowed by the masses, perhaps after a round or two of this 'hate', the rest of us will wake up, realize that this 'free speech' proclaiming their hate and such has gone far enough.

[HardPort]

21. Like people fleeing from East Berlin to West Berlin during the CW. Nice job TX.

[world wide wally]

24. I'm glad she can grow up in a free state.

[Snackshack]

25. Welcome to Oregon

It’s a beautiful state. The 400+ miles of unobstructed public coastline is awesome. Between that and being a state that has addressed end of life dignity issues it’s a pretty nice place IMO.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

27. I think this is happening way more than we realize.

I was just talking to a friend who has friends in Colorado helping to set up a refugee family from Texas.

[roamer65]

32. I welcome sane, open minded folks from down South in Michigan.

People like this family. My heart goes out to them and I’m glad they made it to Oregon.

I absolutely DO NOT want MAGAts migrating northward to Michigan or any other blue state. With climate change getting worse, I see the attempt coming.

I don’t want their political and religious POISON up here. They will destroy what we are building.