Quote from: AndrewB on June 11, 2015, 08:48:06 AM
While some of those communities are good places to live, I think the fact that the majority of those last three states (LA, TX, FL) are 'red,' conservative and/or Republican states makes them unappealing to trans folks looking to move. I'm sure the roadblocks to change things like name and especially sex are horrendous, not to mention amending birth certificates and licenses if you somehow manage to get the court orders at all. I will agree though that I've heard good things about the city of Austin; it's probably the most 'liberal' area of Texas.

It's very easy to get a birth certificate and name change in Virginia.

Quote from: Trillian on June 11, 2015, 11:49:57 AM
Any thoughts about Kentucky? Recently moved there from Europe, just because my brother is living there too. I was seeing therapists I  Europe,but postponed HRT because of relocation to US. Now i am getting a job, later health insurance and planning to move on with transition. I heard KY is not very LGBT friendly.

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Kentucky is a joke for GLBT rights. I'm reposting what Rave showed me.


Look up all the states here and maybe you can find a better place to live. Good luck.


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Louisville is really the only place that is Lgbt friendly I hear. I can't judge the state because I never been there but heard it isn't the greatest. Still, you will likely encounter much more support then say West Virginia.

Colorado is another great option. Very open minded state and Lgbt right and pot legalization support are all well above the national average and yea. Obama careries it twice and Democrats are now the major party there. This trend is a big contrast considering Bob Dole carried the state in 1996 (bare in mind Dole was a potty trained Republican, not a Ted Cruz dink)! So check Colorado

Quote from: AndrewB on June 08, 2015, 11:56:48 PM
Oregon is a great place to live, in and around Portland (known as the Portland-Metro Area, basically Washington, Multnomah, and possibly Clackamas Counties). Very supportive, open-minded, liberal people that generally don't pay any mind to 'different' folks unless they're genuinely hurting someone else. Very educated and accepting—youth and older generations alike—and extremely supportive. Recently we just passed a ban on conversion therapies in youths, which should say something about how our legislators/other politicians view the LGBTQ community as a whole. Heck, our governor is bi, the first openly bisexual governor in history!

On a note not quite trans-related, Oregon is also super green and otherwise environmentally conscious, and we DO support Obamacare.

Also it'd be a shame not to mention all the other great medical facilities around here. Finding a gender therapist, endo, and top surgeon in or near Oregon is a piece of cake, I've found.

'm considering the Portland area myself.

I from Tennessee unfortunately I am I the middle of the bible belt but that don't keep me from being me. Hugs from Beverley.

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Avoid Michigan like a plague. It's bad on lgbt issues, it's got a horrid economy and you get a pretty serious winter

What about Ann Arbor, East Lansing,  or Ferndale?, or the U.P. if you decide to do away with human interaction Still, the laws suck outside a handful of cities, the economy mostly sucks, and you  have horrible winters in Northern Michigan and the U.P.

Quote from: rachel89 on June 25, 2015, 03:27:07 AM
What about Ann Arbor, East Lansing,  or Ferndale?, or the U.P. if you decide to do away with human interaction Still, the laws suck outside a handful of cities, the economy mostly sucks, and you  have horrible winters in Northern Michigan and the U.P.

I live in Lansing it's ok. Ann arbor and Ferndale are ok if your white and well off financially. The political climate in the state is horrible. We have an adoption rfra. That affects lgbt people. We don't get trans specific medical needs covered, we need to have srs to change the gender on our birth certificates, which is the needed to change our license. State lawmakers are trying to do away with local ordinances that protect queer/trans people. And we don't have a statewide non-discrimination law that protects us from discrimination. That on top of the fact that we have another rfra (a marriage one) on it's way. So yea Michigan sucks. Most of my friends are planning on moving away...

Taking notes for when I finally leave Missouri in four years!