Getting the USA out of South Korea (and Japan!) is a trans rights issue, too, by the way.
Many trans people, of all gender spectrum, in South Korea and Japan both, find themselves doing sex work (as is true with cis ppl and is true in much of the west of the world). What makes this exceptionally a trans rights issue is that esp in case of South Korea, the big area for LGBT+ activities is right next to one of many the U.S. bases in Seoul.
This creates an environment where a lot of soldiers will abuse trans sex workers, and the governing bodies that are supposed to protect the South Korean citizens, already unwilling to intervene on behalf of trans people, doubly turn them away because they aren’t willing to mediate disputes between U.S. soldiers and South Korean citizens.
This has created an environment where trans sex workers I work with in my irl activism in South Korea have all pointed to the U.S. soldiers as the most dangerous and worst customers for their work. What’s more, they say that the soldiers know that they can really get away with all of this, much than with cis sex workers, and target trans sex workers.
I have literally seen people that are supposedly trans-safe get mad at me for pointing out that the U.S.A and its legacy in South Korea is toxic in every avenue (the discussion was about the environment a few days back), and, like, please fucking get a grip. You’re abandoning your international siblings that are victims of your awful empire.