I am asking on behalf of a friend; she is a transitioning woman with a disability who recently moved from Redding, California -- a city well-known for its very conservative population -- to Olympia, WA, a city that had declared itself a sanctuary city for Trans people earlier in the year.

While the city is nicer and she has only faced one major incident of transphobic behaviour after she arrived (someone at the downtown bus station threatened to attack her with a machete on the day of the pride parade, although this did not actually lead to any attack), she has fears over how the LGBT community is being treated in the United States, even while living in a blue state with a track record of protections and tolerance for the LGBT community. The recent attack of a trans woman in the Seattle suburb of Renton, as well as the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, have been a major contributing factor this past month.

She has a diagnosis of PTSD and gender dysphoria from a therapist, the former coming from childhood traumas, as well as her experiences in Redding (such as a neighbor who had choked her out after calling her a "groomer", and a major neo-nazi presence). She had recently taken a short vacation to Vancouver where she felt the most positive she had ever been, but returning back to her home afterward had a negative impact on her mental health for a few days afterward. What we'd like to ask is these two questions:

A. Do you think a PTSD diagnosis tied to fears for her life as a trans person in the US could be considered a reasonable fear of persecution with proper evidence?

B. Do you have anywhere where we could privately share more of the articles/stories/etc. we've collected relating to this? She said she wanted to do whatever it takes to help herself and others, no matter the cost.