Recently the U.S government has stated it will "Find and kill" trans people soon.
I have a boyfriend in ireland and plan to get married to him but would that be enough? How would I go about that and can I see refuge based on this threat?
( Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf )
The east mason walmart's pharmacy is primarily run by two very transphobic employees who go out of there way to be rude and make you uncomfortable if you are getting HRT, TRT or any other hormone therapy medications. It doesn't matter if you aren't even trans either. Here is both my personal experiences as a trans man and an experience I had with my cis friend.
I want to clarify this isn't an attempt to slander the pharmacy as a whole, and this is not an issue with every single member of staff there. I have not really intteracted with the other staff working there or I at least don't really remember times I did. This is mostly concerning two staff members who are there almost all the time. I wont give any names cause even if they are really biggoted I dont want them to get any harassment or be in any danger, especially since they are older woman and likely someone's mom/grandma. They will be called Lady A and Lady B just so its not too confusing.
My personal experiences:
The first time I had to deal with this I was picking up my medication and lady A gave me a mean look when I gave my name and name of the medication. It was rude but not a big deal. I waited for the other person there to get it and once she checked out my meds she said something along the lines of "Have fun with that." in a catty way. I just left, and decided I'd just wait next time to pick them up when she wasnt working. It was shitty but I wasn't going to make a fuss.
The second time I went lady B was there and since I had no previous experience with her I went up and asked for my meds like I normally would. She asked for the name on the percription and when I gave my name and she looked it up, she scowled, and squinted at me. She quite loudly asked "Testosterone?" (Not like a shout just a rather intentionally loud speaking voice) and I just nodded, looking around and thankfully the other people in line weren't looking at me. After I nodded she looked at the computer, still with this disgusted look on her face and mumbled some things I didn't really heard, then said something along the lines of "Well I don't know about that now..." and walked off. I was confused and worried, and just stoof there for two or so minutes until she came back. She asked if I gave my real name, and I said I did and it was my legal name and on my ID. I offered to show my ID and she glared at me and walked off again. She came back with another lady who seemed to be a manager or her boss in some way. This lady, her boss, was very nice and not weird about anything and apologized for the wait. She got me my meds and while she was checking me out lady B was just glaring at me the whole time.
My experience with my friend:
My other friends told me they got judgement when picking up their meds and I believe them, but I figure I'd only really go into this experience cause I was there and it shows how this behavior is a serious problem for cis people too.
My friend, a cis girl who gets HRT just for her low bone density went to pick up her meds while we were shopping there together. I figured she'd be fine since she was a cis girl, but we sadly live in a time where even cis girls who look "Masculine" or just not distinctly feminine (Flat chest, no curves, short hair, broad shoulders, deeper voice ect) are treated badly because they are suspected to be trans women. My friend has a pretty androgynous face, and when she goes up with me and giver her name and all that, Lady A, gives her the same nasty look she gave me, if not worse. She asks my friend for her ID and she hands it over, and she was squinting and glaring at it for an uncomfortable amount of time. We looked at eachother and my friend was clearly very uneasy.
She eventually stopped inspecting it like crime scene evidence and asked if she had any "Other names". My friend said no, that was her only name and Lady A, not even a second after my friend finished speaking went "Legal name? Birth name?". My friend asserted it was her legal name and asked if there was just no meds under her name, and thats when Lady A huffed and went to get her meds that were indeed there. She checks them out for her, not looking at or or speaking and we quickly just get out of there. She told me how invasive that felt and how she was never picking meds up from there again.
None of us are gonna go there anymore, not even for meds that are not hormone related and I suggest you don't either if you do not wanna deal with this kind of shit.