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It could be worth trying to reach out to Rainbow Railroad. They might be able to help you out. https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/
I am sorry for the troubles you are in, hang in there.
I would say you should start by looking at visa, visa requirements and decide on a path. Depending on where you are from you might speak Spanish / Portuguese. With that Iβd say aim for Spain or Portugal. Try to find a university, work or path of education you could do. There might be a network for trans people in Spain or Portugal who are willing to help with relocation. It could also be possible to apply for asylum due to the danger of your home country.
If Spanish isnβt an option most if not any European country will be able to help you out in English. UK is an obvious choice but atm they have their own problems around trans rights so I would at most use them as a temporary shelter before moving to a different EU country like Germany or Norway. Ireland is potentially also very good, as a stepping stone.
There is the trans network in the Netherlands they might have some resources for you.
UK [...] a different EU country like Germany or Norway.
Only one of those three countries is in the EU, fyi. Not to knock your comment, it seems like very good advice.
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I think for NZ you'd fall into our skilled worker visa thing, possibly also or asylum criteria.
Or government had almost everything online, so you can probably find it what you need there.
I have no insight on anything to do with your specific circumstances but can provide a bit of insight into leaving a country in general.
Earlier this year my wife and I moved our family to the UK from the US. Our biggest hurdle was finding employment that offered sponsorship for a visa. My employer offered to sponsor for the max term of 5 years which we happily took as after 5 years you can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain and stay without a visa. The next hurdle was paying for the visas. 5 years all at once was about $35k IIRC. Thankfully we had been talking about wanting to move for awhile now and saved for the effort. Restarting life also came with significant expenses as you'll likely be living out of a suitcase while apartment whatnot gets everything resituated.
TLDR; find target countries, save a lot of money, find a job that's sponsors, be patient and take each day as it comes.
Being from the Caribbean and speaking Spanish (and your country being spanish speaking) you may feel comfy and safe in the Canary Islands. The problem is that you need a person who can support you and host you while you are getting all your papers in order. And also the housing situation is complicated for locals. That is why I recommend having someone inside to host you and such initially.
A part of the island where I live is very mixed in population coming from Cuba, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, etc.
Once you are resident here, you may apply for spanish citizenship after 2 years because you come from a country with connections with it.
This is a good question, in my opinion: What are the countries with the best trans rights protections and ease of access to immigration? I want to know so I have better answers when this comes up.
Canada, Thailand, Germany, Sweden, Norway
If she is legally criminalized in her country, she may be able to apply for asylum/refugee status.
Yup
It would work in any normally functioning country that supports the geneva convention. So all of EU and probably australia, NZ, etc
Denmark is fantastic as well, but hard to immigrate to.
Netherlands as well (but same as Denmark, hard to immigrate to).
I've been looking at Cuba a lot recently. Is it a bad or good place to move to for someone in your situation?
Unironically Cuba would be decent ish, if you're queer. They'll also need people for electrics a lot due to the blackouts.
The only issue is the US being near. If the US doesn't honour the treaty to never attack Cuba (and I doubt they'll honour it unless if China & Russia manage to protect it), that is going to complicate matters.
Still, I wish the EU backed Cuba, even if only strategically due to it also opposing the US.