Moving to MN to find a more supportive state

Posted by cassmoney @casscond, Sep 27 12:57pm

Hi y'all, I'm from Oklahoma, which is as bad with anti-LGBT laws as you have heard, and I also have several rare and complex conditions. I am graduating college soon and wanting to move to Minnesota not only for the accepting political climate (where my healthcare isn't banned) and where I can receive healthcare from Mayo and also attend school and work. I guess I am just using this as a sounding board.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the LGBTQIA Health Support Group.

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Sep 27 2:06pm

@casscond, welcome. I see you have several reasons to move to Minnesota, including living with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare type of heart disease, as you posted elsewhere. I'm glad you also found the LGBTQIA Health Support Group here.

You mentioned that you'll be graduating soon. Congrats. Have you already applied to have your medical care possibly transferred to Mayo Clinic?

cassmoney | @casscond | Sep 27 2:25pm

I actually have a phone call tuesday regarding moving my care to Mayo! I have it narrowed down between DC/the DMV and MN primarily due to weather as the heat is really hard on my heart and partially on transportation - I do not have a car at the moment and am searching for a place that has the trifecta of LGBTQ acceptance, great medical care, and a colder climate (and public transportation)
I don't know the ins and outs of having my medical care transferred, so I hope that my phone call Tuesday can help answer those questions. Otherwise - I will have to do some reading haha

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