Abigail Swetz had served as executive director of Fair Wisconsin, the only statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights and political advocacy group, just four months before the panicked emails started flooding in: Will I be flagged in a database? Can I safely change my name? Should my family move somewhere safer?

The deluge of emails coincided with the results of the 2024 presidential elections, following months of anti-trans ads from Donald Trump's campaign vowing to protect children from "gender ideology." For many families with LGBTQ+ loved ones, including children, the election of Trump only ratcheted up fears that a safe, normal life would be out of reach.

Since then, neither the fearful emails to Swetz nor the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric from the Trump administration has eased.

Now, a new survey fro

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