Mari Moriarty and Justin Elizabeth Sayre were engaged to be married in June. But when Donald Trump was elected president, everything changed. Now, instead of having wedding parties in Vermont and New York, they’ll be living overseas, first in Amsterdam and then, if Sayre’s artist visa comes through, London. They took care of the marriage part just nine days after the election, rushing to New York City Hall and gathering whatever friends were available to celebrate with them on short, panicked notice.
“It threw almost all of our plans up in the air,” says Moriarty, a 30-year-old theater professional, about Trump’s win. That’s because she, a transgender woman, and Sayre, a nonbinary TV and theater writer, believe that staying in the U.S. would mean living in enemy territory, putting their health and freedom at risk.
