LGBTQ+ Americans bracing for Trump's takeover

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LGBTQ+ Americans bracing for Trump's takeover

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-americans-bracing-for-trump-s-takeover/ar-AA1ursRH?ocid=windirect&cvid=e074fa37356f4fb9af792c8d93319cea&ei=73

Story by Avery Lotz (20 Nov 2024)

President-elect Trump's victory has left the LGBTQ+ community facing an uncertain future, with a surge of people seeking crisis services.

What's happening: The Trevor Project, an organization that serves LGBTQ+ young people, reported the largest spike in daily contact volume to its crisis services post-election.

Discussions of election-related topics for those contacting crisis services increased by nearly 5,200% compared to averages before Nov. 5.
More than 40% of those who reached out to The Trevor Project were transgender or nonbinary. A third of crisis contacts identified as BIPOC LGBTQ+ young people.

Ash Lazarus Orr, the press relations manager for Advocates for Trans Equality, filed for a legal name change the day after the election in part over concerns that being able to do so may soon be restricted under the Trump administration.

"Simply living as trans people right now is a major act of resistance," Orr told Axios.

Orr said trans people who want to legally change their name or update their gender marker on identification forms should consider doing so as soon as possible, though the quagmire of state laws can make navigating name changes difficult for trans and nonbinary Americans.

"Obtaining such documentation may become more difficult in the future — Trump could, for instance, leverage laws like the Real ID Act to push for bans on correct gender markers on driver's licenses," transgender rights activist and journalist Erin Reed writes.

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The article also mentions the Trans Legislation Tracker at https://translegislation.com/

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