US family with LGBTQ+ kids seek asylum in Canada, fleeing Trump’s transphobia

A US family with queer children is seeking asylum in Canada, citing president Trump’s transphobic rhetoric as their reason to quit the country.

Caitlin and Ted Berg, from Illinois, said they’re anxiously waiting for a decision from a Canadian tribunal as to whether or not they will be able to seek asylum in the US’s northern neighbours.

The couple, who have a transgender child and a gender-fluid youngster, said Trump’s anti-trans rhetoric, as well as his actions to cut back on the rights of LGBTQ+ people, are the main reasons they are looking to leave the US.

“When I saw what happened, Donald Trump being elected, my gut started turning,” Caitlin told CBC from a hotel room in Ontario. “That is when I started looking at

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