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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:55:53 JST goatsarah

   The day after the Brexit vote, I was stuck in bed having panic attacks on repeat.

   It shoved me out of my comfort zone and now my life, in Portugal, is better for it (immigrant stress is real though), but it was a profoundly shitty thing to go through, and my heart utterly goes out to the millions of Americans, especially the young women, the LGBT people, and the terrified immigrants, and others now experiencing the same thing.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:59:24 JST goatsarah

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     Anyway, by this time next year, I will have submitted my paperwork saying that I have no criminal record in the UK, along with proof of 5 years residency, Portuguese language proficiency, and a copy of my (post gender recognition) birth certificate.

     And when it is approved, I will be registered as a Portuguese citizen born overseas (female).

     And as far as the state will be concerned, I’m a cis woman.

     That’s going to be a useful insurance policy.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:01:13 JST goatsarah

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     • will-h

     @flangey it was logistically very very difficult. Yeah.

     And then in 2021 my mum got a terminal cancer diagnosis.

     Spent a lot of time being one of only half a dozen passengers on a 737.

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     will-h (flangey@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:01:15 JST will-h

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     @goatsarah honestly that sounds great. Massive respect for people who managed this given what was happening in 2020/2021

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:07:12 JST goatsarah

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     • Alisdair Calder McGregor
     @A_C_McGregor Exactly that
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     Alisdair Calder McGregor (a_c_mcgregor@topspicy.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:07:13 JST Alisdair Calder McGregor

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     @goatsarah gender laundering?

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     Miguel Arroz (arroz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:10:24 JST Miguel Arroz

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     @goatsarah Hope everything goes well. It's a huge weight off your the shoulders, to have the magic legal status that wont ever expire or go away.

     I assume by now you feel perfectly at home, but let me know if you need anything. I've finally made up my mind and I'm back (and fucking hell, that was stressful AF… somehow I managed to pull it off).

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 09:10:24 JST goatsarah

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     • Miguel Arroz
     @arroz Parabéns, e obrigada. Onde moras hoje em dia?