Moving to Canada

(Illustration by Lauren Tamaki)

When I moved to Canada from Syria, I could finally be myself

“I love living in a place where I can be free about my sexuality without being judged.”

The Blue Water Maiden statue in Port Huron, Mich., near the Canada-U.S. border (Paul Sancya/AP)

There’s been no flood of Americans heading north. Well, not U.S. citizens at least.

But a lot more people who came legally to the U.S. from other countries have fled Trump’s America, making Canada their home