LGBTQ Refugee Advocacy Group Rainbow Railroad Sees Surge In Requests For Help From Within United States
Time Magazine reports: In its annual report, published on World Refugee Day, the Rainbow Railroad advocacy group revealed that it had received 20,215 direct requests for relocation assistance from queer and transgender people in 2025—a 51% increase year-over-year and the highest in the organization’s 20-year history. And for the first time, 30.9% of those requests … The post LGBTQ Refugee Advocacy Group Rainbow Railroad Sees Surge In Requests For Help From Within United States appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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Time Magazine reports:
In its annual report, published on World Refugee Day, the Rainbow Railroad advocacy group revealed that it had received 20,215 direct requests for relocation assistance from queer and transgender people in 2025—a 51% increase year-over-year and the highest in the organization’s 20-year history.
And for the first time, 30.9% of those requests came from individuals living within the U.S. In 2023, that figure was closer to 13%. “Our data shows that the crisis is escalating in a significant way,” a spokesperson for Rainbow Railroad tells TIME.
In previous years, most requests for assistance from within the U.S. came from international asylum seekers who had already been settled there. But the overwhelming majority (88%) of the requests in 2025 came from American citizens who felt unsafe within their own borders. Many referenced a perceived anti-LGBTQ+ agenda from the Trump Administration.
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The U.S. was once a leading destination for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution—until a policy change left thousands stranded abroad. Now, a new report suggests that confidence in America as a safe haven is eroding both outside the country and within it.https://t.co/6qA3jTXcSe
— TIME (@TIME) June 20, 2026
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