Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America

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Story by Io Dodds (21 Sep 2025)

Early in the morning after Donald Trump's second inauguration, a large and chaotic family of Americans — six adults, four children, and a 115lb service dog named Luka — spilled out of a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and told puzzled border guards that they had come to claim asylum.

Some 48 hours later, they were in a Dutch refugee center, joining a growing number of transgender Americans seeking refuge in other developed countries for fear of persecution under the Trump administration.

The Dutch non-profit LGBT Asylum Support says it is providing assistance for more than 20 trans Americans through the Netherlands' refugee process. Canadian immigration lawyer, Yameena Ansari, says she has seen interest from American trans clients skyrocket since Trump returned to the White House.

Under the Trump administration, crackdowns on the trans community have escalated. Bathroom bans. Healthcare bans. Athletics bans. Bans from the military. A proposed ban on gun ownership. Compulsory misgendering at school. University LGBT+ programs shuttered. LGBT+ non-profits defunded. Blocks on obtaining passports. Child abuse investigations into parents of trans children. Attempts to force trans women into male prisons, where they are at risk of rape.

In Ansari's eyes, it all adds up to an interlocking system of oppression that could meet Canada's definition of "persecution."

Whether asylum officials will agree is unclear. Both Canada and the Netherlands regard the U.S. as a safe country, and they typically want asylum seekers to show there was nowhere safer that they could move within their own nation.

"There are a lot of changes being floated that I think could contribute to this threshold being met... it's being heavily discussed among refugee lawyers."

Id have to looking into it specifics. But I have heard that when trying to seek asylum (at least for Canada) that certain criteria has to be met. Specifically if you claim immediate danger or anything along the lines that your life is in danger, and they deem it isn't (or America is not at that point yet) that you can be banned from the country for 5 years. So... I guess make sure what you claim on any legal documents for asylum or seeking Visa's or citizenship in other countries is as accurate as you can. It would really suck if you got denied and then banned from the country for x amount of years, especially if America is still on its way to getting worse.