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Paradise lost An update, from the New York Post,

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Posted on August 9, 2026 by Bill Glahn in California, Europe, LGBT issues
 
Paradise lost
An update, from the New York Post,

Transgender American who fled US admits it was ‘the dumbest thing,’ returns home from European asylum center. GeographicReference

The Post reports,

Software engineer Jane-Michelle Arc, 48, returned home to California after failing to win asylum in the Netherlands — and discovering life in the notorious Ter Apel refugee camp was far more terrifying than anything under Trump’s America.

Wait, there’s more,

Before returning, Arc gave numerous interviews decrying the conditions at the camp — specifically referring to anti-trans hostility from other asylum seekers, most from Syria, Eritrea, Somalia, Turkey, Algeria and Morocco.

Who knew? The capper,

“I hear a lot of people saying: ‘You are an idiot. You came here from America.’ People will tell me: ‘Did you think about moving to California?’ And then I say: ‘Well, I lived in San Francisco’ and then they go: ‘Oh, that’s a heaven for gay people,’” Arc admitted,

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/08/paradise-lost.php

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