Why And How To Emigrate To Canada
A First Hand Account of Emigrating to Canada During COVID-19
When President Trump was elected in 2016, my wife Elly and I vowed we would stay and fight for others more marginalized than ourselves as long as we could. The COVID-19 crisis ratcheted up the level of fear for my well-being I felt living in the United States as a disabled, transgender woman of color. We came to realize over the course of the year that we would be better off advocating for trans people of color from outside of the United States.
The saying goes, “put your own oxygen mask on before trying to help others.” With the United States spiralling downward with each passing day, and worries that my spouse would inevitably bring home the virus with the groceries, it felt like we were barely able to hold together ourselves, let alone help anyone else.
The deciding questions we ultimately asked ourselves were “will we feel safe living here even if there is a change in the Presidency? will we regret leaving if there’s a change in leadership?”
The problems with the United States are deep-rooted, and won’t disappear after a single Presidential election, so it was time for us to act.
