Self-described “non-binary femme” Canadian country singer Robert Adam went to Nashville, Tennessee, to record his latest album but cites the triumphant return of President Donald Trump to the White House as the reason he won’t be heading back across the border anytime soon.

The Calgary-based performer says he contemplated the decision not to go back for several months, claiming past negative experiences as a “queer person” visiting the United States were weighed against the importance of that market for emerging musicians.

Adam told the Canadian Press in a phone interview he made the right decision not to go stateside because it would be just too stressful.

(I’m) pretty non-binary presenting, pretty femme … it’s hard not to see that I kind of stick out.

I don’t want to spend my life stressed out over whether I feel like I have to … tone down my image, or what I have to say, just to exist and play a show.