Minnesota has been seeing an influx of trans people moving here. I personally know multiple people who fled conservative states over the past couple years because there was no longer a home for them there.
i wrote about this for my column on tuesday but i think we ought to think of policies restricting gender affirming care as explicitly aimed at expelling a disfavored population from the state in question www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/b...
And the article addresses that!
I've done stuff with PFund in the past and a friend of mine is on their board. They're one of the groups you should absolutely donate to if you want to help young LGBTQ people in the Midwest. www.pfundfoundation.org
Also, when I tell people I moved here from South Dakota, LGBTQ go "of course" while cishet people ask why.
Guys if you wanna be an ally, understand why someone might want to leave where they grew up.
This also is why the "liberals abandon and don't understand red states" narrative was so grating post 2016. Many of us did not move out of our hometowns because we were looking for a fancy big city life™️! We were looking for safety.
I don't want to leave the South. I'm super Southern, but there isn't a southern state that's any better for queer people...so I'm at a loss where to go
Little annoying seeing people suggest moving away from the US or out of red states makes you a privileged coward. Meanwhile, they are valiant soldiers who will remain to fight the good fight.
I don't want to fight!
every time a queer person or family with queer kids leaves for friendlier waters, i feel a real sadness over losing another unique person from our community. I 100% understand they do not feel safe/cannot exist freely in this state, but it just amplifies the monoculture.
I adore Minnesota, but I also love my community and work really hard to make it an inclusive place. But i know that isn't enough when they are trying to legislate people out of existing.
