This will have been drawn from the work of Erin Reed Though its worth noting her only firm, DO NOT TRAVEL, so far, is florida. Though the rest are of course still dangerous.
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I'm not trans, so I can't speak with full certainty here. But places I've lived and visited in the South, generally I wouldn't label as outright dangerous. From what I've heard and seen, it's probably more dangerous to be black in those parts, as some places in GA for example still have sundown towns.
I've met a number of trans people here who don't remark notably about safety any more than the typical "I have to be careful going out at night cause I'm not able to defend myself" which is not representative of all the LGBTQ folk I met of course and would apply equally to a smol gal.
So while I don't want to discredit you, I really don't think this notion that you've been led to believe holds any water at least from my experience which is admittedly likely not worth much.
But now I'm curious whether the LGBTQ population is by chance more concentrated in these "safe" states? That seems like a more enlightening metric on its own, actually knowing a demographical metric rather than getting just an ominous "avoid everywhere but here"
I would never pee in West Virginia outside of a private residence. In my home state of Ohio I’m uncomfortable being in certain parts of the state unless I’m with cis people or driving through.
Safety is a relative term. There are certain areas people avoid, maybe it’s a bad part of town. I avoid certain parts of my state as the bad parts of my state because hate crimes go unpunished there because what flies in hocking hills doesn’t in Cincinnati and vice versa.
Also I avoid the proud boys when they match with guns unless I’m part of an organized anti fascist group that’s there for them.
Until proven otherwise, I'm now under the notion that this map actually represents the authors "places I would care to go"
I linked the source. It’s just a map of places that havent instituted any anti-trans laws in the last three years.