According to data provided to Newsweek, Rainbow Railroad, a group that provides services worldwide including travel, financial grants and information support to LBGTQ+ people at risk of discrimination, fielded its highest number of requests for help from LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S in 2023, since it was founded in 2006.
Rainbow Railroad’s senior adviser for U.S. strategy, Kathryn Hampton, told Newsweek that people contacted them from states where laws had been passed regarding LGBTQ+ rights and that those who contacted them asked for support relocating to other countries, including Canada, moving within the U.S. and financial assistance.