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Interpreting Trump’s Speech On Transgender Policy
As this is being written, we sit just under a month away from President Trump’s second inauguration. As you might expect, his every utterance is being studied for clues as to the direction his notoriously unpredictable administration might take, though with some pronouncements there’s little room for doubt. Currently in the news is a speech
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Don’t Bet the Farm On It, But A UK-Europe Youth Mobility Scheme Might Help You
It’s fair to say that for British trans people, 2025 does not promise to be the best of years. The much-hated Conservative government may have gone, but the newly-elected Labour government of Keir Starmer has proven itself to be just as infiltrated by TERFs as its predecessor. As this is being written our community is
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Donating and Taxes From Outside the Netherlands
Thank you for your support. If you wish to donate but don’t care about claiming on your taxes, we have a form for direct donations here. Donating directly avoids a bit of fuss for both Forbidden Colours and ourselves. If you are donating from outside the Netherlands, know that we are a Dutch foundation. So
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LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.
This article is our participation in the protest against the Democratic Party’s abandonment of Trans people in the USA proposed by Julia Serano. Many of these articles will be, I’m sure, angry rejoinders at the Democrats’ cowardice, or angry Jeremiads against the genocide of trans people. We instead invite patriots from anywhere in the political
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Four ‘do’s of teaching English and living abroad
For many people, teaching English in a foreign country is a popular and realistic way of travelling the world. You can sample cultures and meet people that you may only have read or watched vlogs about. For many of us it has also represented a way out of our countries, allowing us to live abroad
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Getting a US passport
The most important item you will need for any relocation plan is a passport. It is crucial to get your passport as soon as possible in case you need to move quickly. Your passport application and appointment Visit https://usa.gov/passport for locations of passport facilities. You can also find and print the paperwork you will need.
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Getting Out With Little Funds
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train? You can still get out. You will, admittedly, need a little money, but it’s door dash money, not $10,000. Remember that most people who are refugees are far poorer than you. The Pakistani guy who’s made his way to the Calais jungle started with a nest
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How Accommodation Sharing Might Work
Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election, and since anti-trans rhetoric has been a central plank of both his campaign and the policies behind it, the prospects are not looking good for America’s trans people. Our advice to trans Americans is to leave the USA in any way possible before he has a chance to
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Documents For Your Bugout Bag
Everyone should make a document bugout bag. This should be part of your physical bugout bag. This allows you and your family to move efficiently across borders, here’s a comprehensive list to ensure you’re prepared. These documents cover the most critical, helpful, and non-vital but beneficial items to include. Below is a list that you
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Assistance To Those Seeking To Leave The USA
This was originally posted nov 9, 2024. Updated Sept. 7, 2025 and 14 March 2026 . At this time we are recommending that all Trans Americans obtain a passport, even if it’s a ‘Trump passport’ with wrong gender, then leave the USA physically, even if that is on a tourist visa. Once outside the USA,
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2024 US Election
A dark cloud has fallen over America, and it may be many years before it is lifted. The moment we all dreaded has arrived, the Presidential election has been called for Donald Trump. Trump’s supporters will undoubtedly act as though he is already president, and we expect in the immediate future they will act in
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Closing Intake
We have ever more people seeking our help. When we don’t feel like we can help the ‘average’ passenger within about 90 days, we feel it’s unfair to the passenger to tell them we are going to get them out or assure them they are somewhere in a who-knows-how-long waiting list. We are now at
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Review Of the Year: 2023
It’s been a hectic but transformative year for Trans Rescue with a lot of stress and plenty of ups and downs, but we’ve come through it and we’re delighted to be able to say that with your help we’ve been able to help over 140 people to safety so far in 2023. In this review
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Maeen al-Dahbali – Now It Can Be Told
Maeen is a Yemeni cis man who became an anti-child-soldier activist during the earlier years of the Yemeni civil war, subsequently becoming the civil servant with responsibility for child services in the city of Taiz. This made him the enemy of all the warring factions due to his opposition to child recruitment, and he was
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What They Don’t Want You To Know About How The Asylum System Works
There are some subjects that everyone knows a lot about, but the “knowledge” they have is instead received opinion which bears only a passing resemblance to the truth. As a non-profit which deals with refugees we’re right in the thick of just such a subject, because everybody has a lot of received opinions about asylum
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Why We Are Sounding The Alarm For Transgender Americans.
As a Brit who travels to and from mainland Europe on a regular basis, there’s something of a sobering reminder to be found beneath your feet as you walk around European towns and cities. Every now and then you’ll see a small brass plaque in the pavement, with a name, some dates, and sometimes a
