Red State Refugees

Welcome to What’s Helping Today, a newsletter about the everyday work of staying alive on earth — written by author and journalist Sandy Ernest Allen.

Hey all,

Just a quick note … I had said this already yesterday on Bluesky but I’m looking for story sources for an upcoming feature:

I’m interested in interviewing trans folks who’ve moved from red states to blue ones, especially since the last presidential election.

Here’s a page with more information:

To contact me, reach out here … If you know anyone who may want to speak with me for this story, I encourage you to forward this post to them, or share my announcements page above.

Thanks so much!

Sending love,
Sandy

p.s. Periodic reminder you can also write me to ask a question for this newsletter’s occasional advice column … Here was the last one and the one before that …

p.p.s. Grateful for everyone who’s read (and shared) my trans rights manifesto, Transgender for Everybody. ICYMI: Here it is again, both my original and Lyz Lenz’s re-publication on Men Yell at Me:

p.p.p.s. Here again is my big Pride-related links post, with 69+ suggestions as to how you can support LGB and especially T folks:

p.p.p.p.s. And here again, for newcomers especially, are some of my own queerest/transest pieces, if you want to check out any of those:

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