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"I just don't think that's going to happen."
Comic, two panels Panel 1: Robin speaking on her phone, clearly distressed, tears in her eyes: "I'm telling you that I'm scared. These people-- the kind of people you vote for-- want to take my health care, my rights away from me. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave my home." The voice from the phone answers: "Well," Large dialogue text in a large white space between panels: "I just don't think that's going to happen." Panel 2: Robin, wide eyes still tearing up, stares in disbelief at her phone. Comic, six panels. P3: Headline on Utah banning gender affirming care for minors, and other states considering the same P4: Headline on states beginning to target trans health care for adults P5: Robin looking at a tablet. P6: Robin on a couch, watching TV. Voice on TV: "After the anti-LGBTQ+ campaign prompted several protests and bomb threats made against the Boston facility, the group has now turned its gaze toward the Gender Health Program at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville." P7: Headlines on Tennessee's broad and vague drag ban, Missouri banning transgender care for minors, and restricting coverage for adults Tennessee ban on gender affirming health care for trans kids. Headlines accompanied by a map of anti-trans legislation in US states. P8: Robin's spouse Jordan looking up from her laptop toward Robin, who has tears in her eyes. Jordan says "That's it. We're leaving." Comic, six panels. Panel 9: Robin taping a cardboard box, looking over her shoulder toward Jordan, who is saying something as she walks holding another box. More boxes are behind them. Panel 10: Robin sitting at a table with a stack of paperwork and holding a pen. She is leaning back and groaning: "Eughhhhhh" Panel 11: Robin standing with three friends, embracing as one of them speaks "I'm glad we got to see you before you left. We'll miss you." Panel 12: Jordan and Robin standing by the trunk of their car, several bags and suitcases loaded into the back. Jordan is shoving things in, grumbling "It WILL fit!" Robin, holding a vacuum bag of full of clothing not yet in the trunk, looks unsure. Panel 13: Robin and Jordan standing in the empty house. Robin looks upset, Jordan has a comforting hand on her shoulder. Panel 14: Jordan and robin sitting in the very full car, their dog in the back seat. Jordan is driving, Robin in the passenger seat looking out the window. Comic, two panels Panel 15: Robin, still in the passenger seat of the car, now propping her head up with her hand on her cheek. She is looking down, seeming morose. Large dialogue text in a large white space between panels: "I just don't think that's going to happen." Panel 16: closer shot on Robin. Her gaze has shifted outside the window, her expression is now bitter, with tears gathering in her eyes.
September 1, 2023 at 4:22 PM