Over 400,000 Transgender People Have Moved States Since Trump's Election

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Over 400,000 Transgender People Have Moved States Since Trump's Election

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have 🔗

Erin Reed (8 Jan 2026)

Across the United States, transgender people have been battered by a relentless wave of anti-trans legislation from Republican-led states. Under the Trump presidency, that pressure has only intensified, leaving transgender people increasingly dependent on whether their state government is willing to protect them or abandon them. While many states have weakened protections or embraced outright hostility, a smaller number have taken the opposite approach—suing the federal government, refusing to cooperate with discriminatory directives, and affirming trans people's right to live freely. Transgender people are noticing. According to a new poll from the Movement Advancement Project and NORC, an estimated 400,000 transgender people have already fled their home states for safer ones since the 2024 election, relocating specifically in response to anti-trans laws and policies, making it among the largest relocations in modern history in the US.

Surveyors at the Movement Advancement Project polled more than 1,000 LGBTQ+ households, asking respondents about their perceptions and actions since the 2024 election. When asked whether they had moved to a different state, 9% of transgender respondents said that they had. That figure translates into a striking level of displacement. According to Gallup, transgender people make up roughly 1.3% of the U.S. population—about 4.5 million people nationwide. If 9% of that population has moved states, it amounts to approximately 401,000 transgender people relocating in the wake of the election, an extraordinary migration driven by political conditions rather than personal preference.

[Lori Dee ✅]

According to a new poll from the Movement Advancement Project and NORC, an estimated 400,000 transgender people have already fled their home states for safer ones since the 2024 election, relocating specifically in response to anti-trans laws and policies, making it among the largest relocations in modern history in the US.

And some of us returned to our home state after taking the Red State's gold and converting it to cash for the move. I was happy to do it, for history's sake.

The best advice I ever got from a relative was:

"Vote with your feet and get out!"

[Scylla]

And some of us returned to our home state after taking the Red State's gold and converting it to cash for the move.

That makes it sound like you robbed a bank lol

[Lori Dee ✅]

That makes it sound like you robbed a bank lol

I dug the gold out of the ground fair and square. And left.
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[Scylla]

I dug the gold out of the ground fair and square. And left.
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Fair