“I love Florida, but Florida doesn’t love me back. ”Those were the words of Ollie, a nonbinary high school senior in Collier County who has lived in Florida all their life, but who is now plotting their escape. Last year, extreme bullying at school forced Ollie to switch to a dual enrollment program at a local college. They can’t help feeling they were driven away because of their identity, cheated out of a more tolerant environment or safe space by much more powerful figures. “I just felt completely dehumanized. I felt like a piece of meat. I felt like there was a perpetual target on my back,” Ollie told BuzzFeed News of the bullying they endured. “I didn’t feel like I was safe. And if you don’t even feel safe in a place of learning, how could you ever expect to actually prosper?”