"“Many IDPs (internally displaced persons) have relocated from states such as Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas, and Idaho due to anti-trans legislation, threats to personal safety, and barriers to healthcare and legal recognition,” the letter reads."
"“It's done more for my day-to-day lived experience and mental health as a trans woman than basically any other thing I've ever done,” Victoria Scott told the Texas outlet. “Trans people here are normalized to a degree they're not elsewhere.”"
"The letter cited estimates from the Movement Advancement Project that found an exodus from red states after the 2024 election. It also pointed to an alert from the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security reporting a 45 percent increase in anti-transgender legislation filed in 2025 compared with the prior year."
Seattle city leaders are considering declaring a civil emergency because of a growing influx of LGBTQ+ residents, especially transgender Americans relocating from red states. The Seattle LGBTQ Commission sent a letter to city leaders on Trans Day of Visibility describing the arrivals as internally displaced persons fleeing anti-trans legislation, threats to personal safety, and barriers to healthcare and legal recognition. Seattle is widely viewed as a queer-friendly safe haven, which increases demand on nonprofits and government services. A transgender programmer who left Houston for Seattle described improved day-to-day lived experience and mental health and said trans people are more normalized there than elsewhere. The letter cites estimates of post-2024 election movement from red states and reports a sharp rise in anti-trans legislation filed in 2025 compared with the prior year.
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