Thank you, Louisiana, my home for 34 years for progressively getting worse.

Thank you Threepers in my neighborhood who followed me home

Thank you people in my neighborhood who flew confederate and 13 colonies flags

Thank you family of Origin for disowning me for being my trueself

Thank you to all the states that made it illegal for me to use the restroom as I move across the country

Thank you for making me spend every dime to my wife and I's name just for us to be safe in another state

Thank you USA for not keeping me safe even though I'm a tax paying citizen

Thank you to the local queer community that has welcomed me with open arms

Thank you to my county for making it easy to change my name

Thank you to the DMV that let me change my gender marker

Thank you to my new friends who never misgender me

Thank you, new state for having laws that actually protect me

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