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LeftInTX

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17. There's a US citizen who is "touched" who moved to some country in Africa with his BF/husband

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:08 AM

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Now he can't get back in the US.

By "touched", I mean lower IQ. He's gay and I believe he fled with his SO because his SO was likely to be deported by Trump. While in Africa, he ran out of eplilepsy medicine and can't get it in Africa. (It's a country in Africa that would not be considered a "destination", is it Nigeria??) Well, because his epilepsy is not controlled, they will not let him fly home. So he's stuck in Africa in a country that hates gays, with epilepsy that is not controlled. (For some reason, something about him being gay is the reason he hasn't been able to get his meds or see a doctor) It's just a nightmare.

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