LGBTQ+ residents are fleeing red states, taking their talent and tax dollars...

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

LGBTQ+ residents are fleeing red states, taking their talent and tax dollars with them

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/lgbtq-residents-are-fleeing-red-states-taking-their-talent-and-tax-dollars-with-them/ 🔗

Greg Owen (7 Nov 2025)

Up to an estimated $879 million in LGBTQ+ household and business income has left Missouri in recent years, as queer residents flee a hostile political environment, according to a recent analysis by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP).

Now, economic data is confirming those predictions.

The new $879 million estimate on Missouri's losses is based on a survey conducted by MAP in collaboration with The Trevor Project, the LGBTQ+ youth nonprofit.

"When people feel unwelcome or uncertain about their future in a community, they often take their skills and their families elsewhere," Tracey DeMarea, executive director of the Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce, told The Independent. "That loss affects our workforce, our businesses, and our shared sense of community."

A 2023 Wells Fargo report revealed that states with bigger LGBTQ+ populations have higher rates of economic growth, while the inverse is also true.

Multiple surveys and studies show that LGBTQ+ people — young adults in particular — have moved or are considering moving from states hostile to LGBTQ+ rights. An estimated 3% of cisgender young people and 5% of all trans people have already fled red states.

The economic impact of ideological legislation on the broader community is often lost on the lawmakers pushing it, according to Naomi Goldberg, MAP's executive director.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Vote with your feet and get out.

And take their gold with you. 😁