Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US. They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US. www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell... - ThreadSky

esqueer.net • 2 days ago

Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US.

They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US.

https://www.stereogum.com/2303977/bells-larsen-forced-to-cancel-us-tour-due-to-anti-trans-visa-denial/news/

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idiokratie.bsky.social•2 days ago

idiokratie.bsky.social•2 days ago

History is not bunk. Contextualization Thread: https://bsky.app/profile/idiokratie.bsky.social/post/3licizz64od2g

starlightshelling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rubio is truly awful

katrina-cheshire.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tbh it would be very brave and possibly foolhardy, for any trans person to enter the US just now IMHO.

choubacha.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nazis. Nazis all the way down.

realhotgirlsith.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where trans people are not welcome, I'm not either. I hope my fellow travelers think the same.

jeffjelder.bsky.social•1 day ago

What would Jesus say, who cared for ALL people even those who were isolated/maligned? This "Christian movemt" is a bundle of hypocritical stances turning long-held GOP stances on their heads-dont care re US being beacon of freedom, helping countries being victimized (Ukr), dont care fiscal soundness

gloriasync.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was quoted in the financial times today on why I’d canceled an upcoming trip.

Unfortunately I was obviously correct to do.

thesoundings.bsky.social•2 days ago

Rubio is as fascist, if not more so, than the Cuban dictatorship that his family actually ran away from.

ammarjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is seriously time for all events currently scheduled for the United States to find new homes. Olympics for example. We do not deserve your support or $$$ . Are you a true ally? STAY AWAY and keep your money to spend in other countries.

nildesperandumvt.bsky.social•2 days ago

World Cup! ⚽

ontariotrafficman.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/fifa-world-cup-26/

nildesperandumvt.bsky.social•1 day ago

But first, in 2025, it starts in the U.S.
The U.S. is not worthy right now.

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/club-world-cup/usa-2025/articles/teams-dates-venue-groups-draw-matches-tickets

danifroom.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/danifroom.bsky.social/post/3lmg3oiq2hc2a

diasrt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also start banning u.s organizations / teams from international events

serenityrune.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is not good at all, especially for the two administrators of a Discord server I am part of...

bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social•2 days ago

I honest to God think these stupid men watched The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu and think they can replicate Gilead.

msdavinci.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel so much safer now.

dragnflite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Has anyone checked to see if there's anything left inside Rubio?

asadiablo.me•2 days ago

I think it would be fair for Canada to deny 1,000 visa applications for every transgender person denied their visa request. Just straight up refuse / cancel 1,000 at random, even if it's while they're traveling.

trinabear.bsky.social•2 days ago

@daddo21.bsky.social @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social @rci.bsky.social @canadianpolling.bsky.social

lemtriste.satan.social•1 day ago

This is actually a pretty great idea

stirlingthinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

Goddammit I hate all these people and I don't hate very easily 😡

ket.bsky.social•2 days ago

do you have any source for him applying and getting denied (or "banned")? the stereogum article only references his instagram post where he says his union told him he couldn't apply for a visa and then he didn't apply for a visa.

miralazine.bsky.social•2 days ago

bumping this and also https://bsky.app/profile/tuck.bsky.social/post/3lml3uuzfwc2a

corronchilejano.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't know why the memo in the OP isn't enough on what's coming.

bpw87544.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bellslarsen.com/music

This administration is horrific, but thanks for the heads up, just ordered the new album

lastgreatact.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck the U.S.

scotiabrat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

America is so close to turning into nazi germany, how the fuck are you guys not terrified..i dont want to be your friend no more

jaystu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nazi Republican terrorist

88corbs.bsky.social•2 days ago

This means ICE Agents can ask to check your gender any time they want.

88corbs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yea, I blocked somebody for talking about killing ICE Agents because we’re already past the point where that’s a fun and flirty thing to be putting out there.

oldehippi.bsky.social•2 days ago

The hatred in this gang of thugs is despicable!

esqueer.net•2 days ago

This is how the NYT covered this policy last month. They framed it as being about sports and the olympics when it was clear it would apply to all trans visa applicants.

The media is not accurately covering what is happening to trans people.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6161900/2025/02/26/us-government-trump-visa-olympics/

cheers464646.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope the committee does the right thing and switches venues. I am sure Brazil would be glad to whip things up real quick.

dconaty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Their trans coverage was a major reason I cancelled my subscription several years ago.

transtasticguygus.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know damn well that if I leave the US on my passport (that is accurate to my identity for now) it will be a one way ticket. I have little doubt they would bar me from re-entry and/or revoke it.

kimmie44.bsky.social•2 days ago

I personally think that the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics should be cancelled and awarded to another country. Why would anyone want to come to this country and risk being harassed and/or deported to another country?

antinousb.bsky.social•2 days ago

But if we did that, history won't rhyme!!

lemtriste.satan.social•1 day ago

No way that's happening. Most of the world is fed up with America's bullshit rn and will surely boycott.

jestagirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

That would be spectacular to see Trump's reaction to. It's his 5th birthday party all over again and no one wants to play with that brat

sk8rbelle.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is not safe to come here. It is not safe to be here

donkeytable.bsky.social•2 days ago

NYT is not a source of truth and hasn't been for decades.

agape.bsky.social•1 day ago

More decades than most would imagine.

NY Times Headline from Dec. 21, 1924:

HITLER TAMED BY PRISON.
Released on Parole, He Is Expected to Return to Austria.

christinepiane.bsky.social•1 day ago

I suspect the inaccuracies are on purpose.

tsarbo.mba•2 days ago

NYT has someone of a fraught history covering marginalized peoples

jamesjoelrussell.bsky.social•2 days ago

@nytimes.com is a failed ask absolute trash org that is dick riding for fascism

ique56.bsky.social•2 days ago

1oldlady.bsky.social•2 days ago

The secretary of State looks like he really chose the wrong job and his family is tucked away far from all the turmoil!

jestagirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Monsters! Why anyone would want to go to the US these days I'll never know.

I hope they love the Olympics over this shyte

deblavoy.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is such crap. You don’t have to care deeply about trans rights to recognize this is just practice for taking away everyone’s rights. Trans people are completely fine. Leave them alone.

betterrant.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is where we all start boycotting the olympics right?

adanforth.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬

cmhoskins.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wish I could say I didn't see this coming a mile away. Sigh.

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

WARNING MARTIAL LAW👇 click below

khazad-dum.bsky.social•2 days ago

Next up, you will be required to wear pink triangles.

Motherfuckers.

llyrkellow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Elbows up, Canada
🇨🇦
#Canada
#IAMCANADIAN
#ᓇᖏᖃᑎᒋᕙᕋ_ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
#AlonsYCanada
#NeverPoilievre
#BoycottUS
#BuyCanadian
#FuckTrump
#NEVER51
#CanadaStrong
#CanadaSky
#ElbowsUp

pastella.bsky.social•2 days ago

#WOKEORBROKE

nildesperandumvt.bsky.social•2 days ago

The hate prejudice and cruelty is sickening and shameful.
The U.S. government has become a
#NationalEmbarrassment

spaceager.bsky.social•2 days ago

They won’t stop until only South Africans and Russians are permitted

shanana70.bsky.social•2 days ago

These people are pure evil! And they think athletes will come here for the Olympics in ‘28? Ha no way. Kiss the Olympics goodbye! No one will come here anymore! And I don’t blame them one single bit!

megaytron.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gods you can see the lack of humanity in Rubio's sagging face.
You cannot be a Republican and a good person at this point.

ourpact.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was going to vacation in Europe this year but I'm afraid they wouldn't let me back in

dr-isobel.bsky.social•1 day ago

What a dire situation, do we know for sure that that was the reason for being denied a visa? I appreciate right now with the idiot in the White House that frankly anything is possible!

yazobazo.bsky.social•1 day ago

There's a thousand reasons to wish the worst on the U.S., but it's staggering how many more reasons keep getting added to the list every fucking day.

yazobazo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't wish anything ill upon (most of) my fellow countrypeople, but I fucking loathe my country rn.

finnlongman.com•2 days ago

My sibling is English but lives in Canada and was supposed to be going to the US on tour with their band but they do not want to do that. They don't want to risk it even if they could get the paperwork sorted. Especially not being a Canadian citizen (they have permanent residency) on top.

rosedees.bsky.social•1 day ago

They couldnt build a wall so they just made cops the wall.

ancientseraph.bsky.social•2 days ago

My family needs out of this country asap...

massdisillusion.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republicans are Nazis.

ricyrick87.bsky.social•2 days ago

The logical conclusion will be redirecting to US citizens & disappearing more people. This isn't sustainable, an ugly rot smeared over our faces to please the insecure politicians out there, but somehow it's worse knowing it can't be sustained, just maximum suffering while they can get away with it

alyzamw.bsky.social•2 days ago

And what happens to us Trans people in the US, are we subject to the whims if this genocidal administration?

cat-hiis.bsky.social•2 days ago

Present yourself to Canadian customs and claim asylum. Refugees exist world wide for reasons not dissimilar to what the current fascist régime is doing. Unfortunately that's the best advice GTF out of there before 1933 German history starts to repeat.

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

I need more info but this could help. Recommended to get an immigration lawyer to greatly help your chances. https://usahello.org/immigration/asylum-refugees/asylum-in-canada/

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

A few other things, get vaccinated or boosted for measles and show proof. Not a requirement but could help improve your chances. If have pets, get them a rabies vaccine with proof so you can bring them with you. 2nd part is a requirement with pets like cats. I believe Dogs have some restrictions

madmaudlin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trans people aren’t covered under the Canadian asylum laws yet just for being trans

cat-hiis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe not explicitly, but you only have to show persecution to be given temporary protection.

madmaudlin.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t think “I’m trans and I live in America” counts as persecution as far as the Canadian government is concerned.

I may be wrong- but I don’t think I’ve heard of them accepting that yet.

I have lived in Canada as a temporary resident before, the process was not impossible but fairly involved.

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Makes plans to flee if possible. If you have a passport use it. If not and are in 1 of these 5 state New York, Vermont, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington then you can get an Enhanced Drivers License. They are state issued and you can enter into Canada, Mexico and some Caribbean islands by land or sea.

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

WARNING👇 click on pic

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

More info 👇 https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/general/real-id-vs-enhanced-driver-s-license-what-you-need-to-know-as-deadline-nears/ar-AA1wLYFA

laturner79.bsky.social•2 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡

chuckzak.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have more than enough.

akbambi.bsky.social•2 days ago

These fuckers...

jenni-squirrel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Omg

sudoyle2.bsky.social•1 day ago

@aclu.org @trevorproject.bsky.social @pflag.org

screamingmeemie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t visit! America is going thru changes right now!

antifascistfella.bsky.social•2 days ago

I dont go down there anyway! What was he thinking? I get the principle, but a cold comfort sitting in a cell.

foreverlearning.bsky.social•2 days ago

You get the principle? That trans are banned (from existing at this point it seems)?

antifascistfella.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean to say the personal risk to themselves. The principle being he should not need to be subjected to any abuse bcoz of who they are! No insult intended. I would avoid the place like the plague right now myself

1lesscar.bsky.social•2 days ago

shameful

eyce80.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fucking evil. We have to remove this administration.

diasrt.bsky.social•2 days ago

U have your second amendment rights for this reason

japowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hate all of them.

gailendavid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck Trump!

melissainkc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Insanity.

lakegirl-69.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can’t click the like button. I just can’t.

nae204.bsky.social•2 days ago

Do you envision other ways to fix this mess other than the deaths of all in the Trump regime? Or is that what it’s going to take to fix the US federal gov’t?

allisonlevin.bsky.social•2 days ago

media outlets like Fox shouldn't be called news. But it's going to take lifetimes to try to repair.

nae204.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don’t understand your bit about Fox news. Sure they’re horrible propaganda right now. But I was asking about fixing the federal government so it is actually a democracy that represents and doesn’t betray its people.

allisonlevin.bsky.social•2 days ago

sorry, misunderstood!

johnnorthey.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe someone will be nice and drop a bomb on Mar-A-Lago soon. That'd clean out a lot of treason at once.

diasrt.bsky.social•2 days ago

U have ur second amendment rights for this reason.

hollymmmkay.bsky.social•2 days ago

The article says they don’t know but the text of Rubio’s policy said it was considered fraud and specified marking it to indicate a future lifetime ban for any cases so it’s pretty cut and dry that it’s a lifetime ban.

marcusdaniel62.bsky.social•2 days ago

You know what (and this genuinely pains me): fuck the olympics and fuck the World Cup! I am boycotting both. Totally, utterly, completely. Not a race, not an event, not a single bloody match. These will be fascist games in a fascist country for a fascist leader of a fascist oligarchy.

ralphmorgan.bsky.social•1 day ago

abominable

coolbritannia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who the bloody hell wants to be a tourist or risk business in the fourth reich? Herr Trump could just wake up one morning, have a tantrump and you've lost everything.

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•2 days ago

As disgusting and terrible as this is, I would absolutely not be travelling to the US if I were a trans person right now, under nearly any circumstance, even for work.

aoilainn.bsky.social•2 days ago

That was pretty optimistic to assume it would still be possible...I wrote off crossing into the US as soon as the election results were in. So sad to have to cancel a whole tour though 😓

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed. I feel terrible for him, and I wish it wasn’t like this, but his safety and wellbeing and basic dignity as a human being comes first. I would hate to see him (heaven forbid) thrown into a women’s prison for “fraud” by having a male marker on his documents, and unable to access healthcare.

aoilainn.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is likely to be happening to trans Americans within the year. Just because they were born where they were born.

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•2 days ago

I desperately hope Mark Carney allows trans Americans to seek asylum in Canada

fuckttrannies.bsky.social•1 day ago

If 🇨🇦 wants to be America's trash can, go ahead

aoilainn.bsky.social•2 days ago

He clearly can't touch that subject until after the election 🤞

protonis01.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't think Canada is far enough away, I think it will need to be Europe or Asia. It looks like America may soon annex Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and Panama.

protonis01.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wouldn't be traveling there as anyone that nation has been dangerous for a long time, but now its getting absurd.

cat-hiis.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was never 'safe' for trans people to travel to the US, it is just now it is becoming illegal to be trans in the US.

dr-isobel.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The US is a hella big country! There are some fairly safe states for trans people or LGB people in general and others that you couldn’t pay me to visit!

dr-isobel.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I think the position in the US is very much a state by state issue, there are some absolutely safe states equally there are some where you couldn’t pay me to visit!

kaysepe.bsky.social•2 days ago

How does anyone think this is....I don't know....okay? Legal? Democratic?

theunrepentables.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map United States Disappeared Tracker - this is your new reality, people should be very afraid

capxul.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need to do something. IDK.

kathythequeen.bsky.social•2 days ago

I can't wrap my head around the hate. Why? What evil lurks inside these humans? They must not believe in a higher power. Only Trump.

fellowhuman666.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a Canadian, I will never go to the US on principle alone. I feel sorry for the decent people that have to live there.

diasrt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same. I have friends there I had to visit but will never set foot there. I had a flight booked recently to Portugal; company changed it to have a 6 hr layover in Boston, so I cancelled the flight and booked with someone else.

lemtriste.satan.social•1 day ago

Hard same. Fuck that shithole.

concerned-person.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is this immigration or AMF complying in advance. Either way it's shit, but I don't want to to mouth off at the wrong people.

youppi.bsky.social•2 days ago

AMF?

concerned-person.bsky.social•2 days ago

American Federation of Musicians. The article states that it was they who told her she couldn't have the Visa.

youppi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for being so helpful! I completely blanked on there being two articles.

cybele.bsky.social•1 day ago

We often say that sex workers are the canary in the coalmine when it comes to liberties. We have been experiencing a travel ban to the US for over a decade. I'm sorry but not surprised that this now extends to non SW trans folks. We could see it coming.

4legsrgood.bsky.social•2 days ago

And they think they’re going to actually have the Olympics in the US?

We’re pretty much pariahs at this point.

jaymarose.bsky.social•2 days ago

Theyre going to destroy the olympics for having those woke colors.

All 5 rings should be white.

andover43.bsky.social•2 days ago

What sex and what species is this slime ball?

pellat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Very Saudish

markbluebeliever.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need every good person to fight this

gbumgard.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every day is worse.

trychick.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

i.am.spooni.sh•1 day ago

Real talk, should I be planning to leave the country as a stowaway on a ship to some random country?

runawaycornpop.bsky.social•1 day ago

As of right now

Should you do this? No

Plan it for later? Not a bad idea tbh

yepmeamalie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely fucking disgusting and shameful

sophiaflorence.bsky.social•2 days ago

There was a scientist from Germany. also a trans woman, due to speak at a conference on drug product stability that the owner of the company I work for was speaking at, that also got blocked from entering the country for the sole reason that she's trans.

b-e-calif.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm super curious, do you know if she was actually denied by US immigration? Bells was actually told by the American Federation of Musicians, not the feds, that he couldn't apply, which is getting a bit lost in the discussion. (To be clear, he 100% made the right decision regardless)

sophiaflorence.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not sure! I can inquire.

aquatic-clown.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have a trans/NB friend who is hell bent on immigrating to the US for some reason. I don't know how to convince them that it's genuinely NOT a good time to be doing that.

inafelltoearth.bsky.social•1 day ago

So many problems with this...

sciencematters0725.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is awful. 🥺

walkndude.bsky.social•1 day ago

Despicable...

literatesince1959.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's worse than that. If you are a US citizen with an x in the gender box on your passport you cannot renew that passport. You cannot leave the USA and expect to return. You cannot expect to travel freely to even get out of the USA. Be wary.

bluestatemn.bsky.social•2 days ago

💔💔💔💔💔💔

arnfinnp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Their music is on Bandcamp. Just saying.

https://bellslarsen.bandcamp.com/

stokesrj2.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s just a matter of time before they start going after the lesbians and gays.

killerbuni.bsky.social•2 days ago

And? They are going after US, NOW.

Is there a reason we can't protect trans people until it will also hurt cis people?

cat-hiis.bsky.social•2 days ago

The conservagays and the gaytriarchy, who have consistently shown a propensity to throw trans people under the bus, don't seem to think they'll ever be in the firing line. We all know they are wrong.

reneeincarnation.bsky.social•2 days ago

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