Bobbi is a transgender woman who lived the first 60 years of her life in the United States, where she worked as a NASA engineer.

At around the same time as her transitioning, Bobbi found her home state of Florida increasingly hostile — a state experiencing a record-high wave of anti-transgender legislation.

So she and her partner Tam decided to move. To where, was the question.

The couple searched worldwide for a new home, including the east African island nation of Mauritius and Portugal in Europe.

But when one of Tam’s daughters moved from Bendigo to Rupanyup in regional Victoria in 2021 the couple learnt that it was an inclusive town for gender diverse people.