Sounds like for all the lipservice the TQ+ give to being sensitive to those with mental health issues this guy didn't care about the impact of his actions on his roommate who was dealing with PTSD. When he was called out and warned that coming home late without a so much as a text first wasn't a good idea when your roommate is a gun owner he cried that he was being threatened.
By Anna Slatz February 3, 2024
A trans-identified male from Colorado is seeking asylum in Canada on the basis of his gender identity. Daria Bloodworth arrived in Canada in 2019 after claiming to have been the victim of “transphobic” crime in the United States.
Bloodworth applied for refugee status in Canada, seeking protection on the basis of transphobic persecution by Americans, American society generally, and specific individuals including a debt collector and a former roommate at Colorado State University.
In his asylum application, Bloodworth claimed that he was the victim of a transphobia-motivated crime in May of 2019 after his roommate brandished a gun at him while making transphobic statements. The asylum application states that Bloodworth feared for his life after a court refused to grant him a protective order following the incident.
“With no protection orders in place, Ms. Bloodworth states the roommate stalked her, including by standing outside her residence with a gun, and he pursued her despite changing residences twice.Ms. Bloodworth states she called the police or went to the police station to report events of stalking behaviour, but did not receive protection. She was told her former roommate had the right to open carry a firearm. Eventually, she stopped calling the police,” the Citizenship and Immigration case reads.
Reduxx has reviewed bodycam footage showing the Fort Collins Police Service responding to the purported transphobic incident in 2019.
The 2-hour long video starts by showing Bloodworth being interviewed by police at the station after coming to report the crime himself. In the interview, the three police officers appear visibly confused and express difficulty in understanding Bloodworth’s account of events after he claims his roommate had threatened him “with a gun.” His story appears to change somewhat every time an officer asks him to clarify details of his claims.
Following the initial interview with Bloodworth, police go to the residence to speak with the roommate, a young male who identifies himself as a military veteran. The man reveals that Bloodworth had been a problem roommate as he did not pay his bills, frequently stole from the other residents, and would often come home in the middle of the night without informing the others he would be out.
This had led to concerns about the roommate’s PTSD being triggered, as he would often be woken up at early hours to find the front door handle being jiggled and become anxious, unsure if the home was being broken into.
The roommate says that they had been struggling with Bloodworth’s behavior for months and actively attempting to evict him from the residence. He explains that an argument had finally broken out that day after his frustration reached a tipping point with respect to Bloodworth’s conduct. Specifically, Bloodworth’s lack of financial contribution to the household, and his tendency to come home during the night with no notice or consideration for his roommate’s anxiety.
“I said — there’s a gun in the basement, you could get shot not addressing coming home at 4 in the morning through the door I sleep 30 feet from. Could you at least give us a heads up [when you are coming home]? Can you not be weird and sneaky like this?” the roommate says to police, obviously exasperated.
Bloodworth as seen in the body cam footage from May of 2019.
“So you were saying, ‘if I don’t know you’re coming home at 4 in the morning, you could end up getting shot?” police clarified.
“Yes! Because it’s kind of crazy,” the roommate insisted. “I just want a heads up.”
“So you don’t think you are getting burglarized, right?” the officer asks, to which the roommate says “yes.”
The roommate notes there was an old hunting rifle in the home’s basement, but said it was not loaded and there was no ammunition in the residence.
During the police interview, the roommate refers to Bloodworth by “she/her” pronouns and his preferred name. He also calls Bloodworth a “woman” at various points during the interview. This calls into question Bloodworth’s claims to both police and Canadian immigration officials that he had been subjected to a transphobia-motivated crime.
The roommate also states that Bloodworth had frequently become enraged at the other residents in the home when they requested he pay his portion of the bills, and suggests that Bloodworth threatened to sue them for “pain and suffering” when they changed the WiFi password.
The young man later concedes to having been wrong to refer to the gun in the basement during their argument, and calmly offers himself up to any charges. The case against him would be dismissed less than two months later.
Though Bloodworth told Canadian immigration officials that the roommate “open carried” a gun, the roommate told police he did not own one himself. Bloodworth also stated that the roommate later “stalked” him, but there is no substantiation to support that claim. However, following the “threats” incident, Bloodworth repeatedly posted the roommate’s full name to social media, along with videos showing his face.
Bloodworth continued to live and work in Colorado until November of 2019, when he arrived in Canada and filed for refugee protection.
In October of 2022, the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) rejected Bloodworth’s claim for asylum, determining he had adequate rights and protection back in the United States. He then appealed the decision, and the Refugee Appeals Division (RAD) ruled in his favor.
RAD member Dilani Mohan concluded that “the RPD failed to consider how Colorado’s open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually vulnerable and at risk to her life.”
Mohan also noted high rates of “discrimination and violence” in Maine, New Jersey, Illinois and Nevada and said that while New York City might be an option, the move would force Bloodworth into poverty.
“The RPD failed to consider how Colorado’s open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually vulnerable and at risk to her life,” Mohan wrote.
But Bloodworth’s victory was short-lived, as this week, a Federal Court ruled that the RAD incorrectly claimed that Colorado authorities were incapable of protecting Bloodworth, or that he couldn’t safely reside elsewhere in the United States.
Bloodworth — who now lives in the Yukon Territory — says he plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of Appeal in hopes of being formally granted refugee status.
Since arriving in Canada, Bloodworth has changed his legal name from Véronique Marie Bellamy in an apparent effort to obscure his identity in the event his immigration attempts did not go in his favor.
On his My Little Pony-themed social media feed, Bloodworth advertises himself as an “exile from America” and an “author of queer fiction.” He states he is “trying to pursue a quick bachelor’s degree to be able to get into medical school,” and is also investing in cryptocurrency in an effort to make enough money to fund his gender transition.
Bloodworth claims to have been fired by TD Canada Trust bank in 2023 for being a “whistleblower” but it is unclear what he blew the whistle on. His LinkedIn shows he worked at the company for approximately 1 year as a Lead Customer Experience Associate.
His social media feed includes snipes at Harry Potter author JK Rowling and those who participated in last year’s march against gender ideology.
In July of 2023, Bloodworth credited seeing the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies with providing him motivation to continue fighting for refugee status in Canada.
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If you haven't answered these already, could we get 5 and 26 from the fallout OC questions?
@vault-heck [ fallout OC asks ]
5. What does your character think about pre-war society?
Mercy: She has a lot of nostalgia due to the fact that her childhood & younger adult life took place in it, but that nostalgia is 100% through rose colored glasses and it mainly applies to the smaller things she experienced while growing up. She has a very unfavorable view of the government, military, & corporations; she was aware of some underlying plans going on within the military, West-Tek, & General Atomics, and she was vaguely aware of the impending war when she was recruited into the Enclave a few months before the bombs fell - basically she knew they were committing atrocities, she knew that she was actively participating in those atrocities, and she did it anyways. She strongly prefers postwar society, despite its hardships, because it lacks the same corruption and societal issues that prewar society had.
Reed: Like Mercy, he also has some nostalgia around prewar society because he grew up in it - it’s not on the same level as her just due to the fact that he enlisted pretty much the second he could and he didn’t have the same experiences as a young adult because of that, but it’s close. He develops a bit of a guilt complex over his military service after seeing all of the destruction left behind from the Great War; he starts off with a neutral opinion on the government/military & corporations, but that shifts into disgust as he starts getting more exposed to the wasteland and learns what was going on behind the scenes.
Delta: They have a hard time understanding how people lived like that, and they don’t get how that level of corruption was able to be covered up.
26. What kinds of things fascinate your character? Do they have any personal interests that aren’t necessarily practical, but that they just like?
Mercy: She’s really interested in postwar mutations, especially the ones that have happened organically rather than in a lab. She gets into a habit of collecting bones, teeth, wet specimens, etc from mutated animals as a little pastime to studying them. She also really likes prewar dresses/formal clothes & jewelry(she’s especially fond of jewelry that’s potentially irradiated or has been exposed to radiation - she really likes pieces that include vaseline glass, blue topaz, cloisonné enamel, etc). And lastly she has a bit of an interest in cameras and photography - she’s been able to keep her prewar camera in working order and has a pretty good collection of photographs that she’s taken over the years, but she does have to be a bit conservative with it due to the film being hard to source.
Reed: He really likes kitschy prewar items and somewhat collects. He mainly picks up things like posters and signs since they’re more portable, but he has a few small junk stashes at the main settlements he stays at. He also tends to collect things he comes across in the wasteland that he thinks specific friends will like and he frequently gives those as small gifts.
Delta: They’re very interested in vehicles like cars and motorcycles, but they haven’t had much success with figuring out reliable fuel sources that work with the prewar engines they’ve messed with.
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José Sarria was a World War II veteran who made his living as a popular drag queen at San Francisco's Black Cat Bar. When drag queens at the bar were harassed by the police for impersonating women, he made them cat-shaped tags that said "I'm a boy" so police would not have cause to arrest them. He also encouraged those charged with crimes to never plead guilty and draw the police and DA into long, drawn-out trials that couldn't prove anything.
In 1961, Sarria made history by running for the San Francisco board of supervisors, becoming the first openly gay person to run for public office in the United States. When city officials realized that Sarria would win because there were four candidates and five seats, they flooded the ballot with 34 candidates, ensuring that Sarria would lose. Eventually, the seat he ran for would be filled by Harvey Milk.
In spite of the loss, Sarria continued with his political activism. He founded the Tavern Guild of San Francisco, which protected gay bars from police persecution, and the Society for Individual Rights, which helped educate the gay community about their rights when facing the police.
Sarria continued to perform in drag. When he was crowned queen at the Beaux Arts ball in 1964, he declared himself "Her Royal Majesty, Empress of San Francisco, José I, The Widow Norton," and founded the Imperial Court System, a network throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico that did fundraising for various LGBT charities.
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battle of the nepo babies | lance stroll x fem! reader
summary; just two nepo babies living their nepo baby lives together
fc; bella hadid
warnings; hate comments
taglist; @namgification @louvrepool @locelscs @thehufflepuffavenger1 @minkyungseokie @goldenmclaren @ollieshifts @lavisenri @graciewrote
note; requested !
masterlist !
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liked by lance_stroll, yourbestfriend, and others !
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username: omg not lance liking a comment defending y/nnnnn, i love them sm🥺🥺🥺🥺
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lance_stroll uploaded to their story !
[caption 1; 😍😍] [caption 2; she loves me a latte :)]
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yourusername uploaded to their story !
[caption 1; pretty boy] [caption 2; lance after he hid MY wallet because he says ‘i don’t need it’ 🙄🙄( don’t tell him i have my card on apple pay🤭 )]
lance_stroll replied to your story !
lance_stroll wait wdym it’s on ur apple pay
yourusername babe do u really think i rmbr to bring my wallet everywhere ?
lance_stroll well i’m not w u everywhere 🤔
yourusername lancey we both have $$$$ i can pay for myself😕
lance_stroll no i wanna spoil u next , ur father spoiled you ur whole life it’s my turn now😕😕
yourusername i can say the same abt u🙄
lance_stroll ok true
lance_stroll i saw someone on twitter say we’re the battle of the nepo babies😭😭
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lance_stroll: you actually did it wow
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lance_stroll: love you ❤️
yourusername: love love love you
username: THE CAPTION LMAOO???
username: omg are lance and y/n my oomfs on twitter ??!2’dojs
username: U WERE THE BATTLE OF THE NEPO BABIES TWEET??
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username: they’re so goals ugh i love🥺🥹
username: they saw ppl hating on them being nepo babies n they said we don’t gaf!!!
yourbestfriend: cute n all but can you both use your nepo baby powers so i can be offered a pink mini kelly instead of a tan constances???😁😁😁
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lance_stroll: going to the hermes in canada as we speak
username: y/b/f is so real for that 🫡🫡
username: ‘nepo baby powers’ does this signify the end of the battle of the nepo babies 🤔🤔
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