A Texas real estate agent who sells homes to LGBT people who no longer want to live in a Republican-controlled state compared their efforts Tuesday to those who worked on the subway railroad, according to Oklahoma News 4. It says.
Bob McRaney Founded “Flee Texas” later became “Flee Red States” to help LGBT people list their homes in Texas and other Red States and connect them with realtors in other areas. according to McRaney’s clients have moved across the United States to Portugal, Mexico and Ireland, he told the media outlet. (Related: Trans lobby campaigns to outlaw counseling children about gender transitions)
According to News 4, McCraney said, “We call this something like the ‘Rainbow Underground Railroad.’ We are doing it,” he said.
of subway This was an organized effort in the mid-19th century to help enslaved people escape and relocate, often at great personal risk and in violation of federal law.
These laws are promoting “financial and psychological destruction” of LGBTQ+ people, said Bob McCraney, a Texas real estate agent who runs FreeRed States.He decided to launch the initiative in 2021 after observing threats against LGBTQ+ Texans #free red states https://t.co/mQ8QotpvAp
— Bob McRaney (@BobMccranie) June 6, 2023
According to News 4, a woman with a transgender son migrated from Texas to New Zealand because she feared migration within the United States would not be enough to protect her from a shift in national views on transgender people. .
“Texas doesn’t feel like home anymore,” said Paul Lewis, who is moving to Michigan after selling his home in the Dallas suburb through McCraney. , the house I always knew. But part of my heart is excited about the fact that I can start a new chapter. “
According to News 4, Lewis said he was acting in response to both gun violence and state laws he identified as anti-LGBT.
In May, Texas banned child gender reassignment procedures such as puberty blockers, heterosexual hormones and surgery.
“As LGBTQIA+ citizens of red states, many of us feel unsafe,” McCraney’s website says. “Current laws are highly discriminatory against transgender youth and their families. Our marriages, families and even safety are at risk. We need to leave red state jurisdiction.” If you feel like that, we’re here to sell your property and help connect you to an LGBTQIA+ or allied agent in a better location.We are licensed in Texas and work in all 50 states and some We have an affiliate in the county.”
McCraney warns LGBT Americans to consider immigration urgently given anti-LGBT laws and climate change, saying “judgment is on the wall” and at some point they will flee argued that it would be too late for interview with Guardian.
“I think the urgency level is about 4 or 5 right now, but I’m afraid when it gets to 9 it will be too late. People will be stuck outside,” he said.
McCraney did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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