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LGBTQ Americans and the 2024 election: "I don't feel welcome here."

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Transgender American Lucian Holness said he had "no hope in humanity" after learning Donald Trump won the White House .

LGBTQ voters were among the only demographic groups that did not stray toward Trump in the presidential contest this year .

LGBTQ people said they feared what could happen during another Trump presidency.

The Trump campaign ran ads attacking trans people for months ahead of Election Day .

Transgender people are anxious about how Trump could alter fundamental parts of their lives, out in the world and at home.

Transgender social media users have spent the better part of a month sharing guidance on how to update licenses, passports and other legal documents to reflect their names and pronouns.

A landmark Supreme Court decision could potentially work to protect certain trans rights before Inauguration Day .

Project 2025 is a 900-page policy handbook developed by a team linked to more than 100 conservative groups.

The book calls for an overhaul of the federal government to "restore family as the centerpiece of American life" Experts often attribute the intensification of Trump 's anti-LGBTQ platform to his ties with right-wing religious groups.