The US has an internal refugee crisis, as 130,000-260,000 trans people have fled persecution in their home states. (Erin Reed)

“Should this trend persist, we may witness the largest domestic migration crisis since the Dust Bowl upheaval of the 1940s…. [Persecution is] now driving a significant migration within the United States of not just transgender individuals, but also the broader LGBTQ+ community, their families, and their allies.”