Of Bookish Things<p>More <a href="https://c.im/tags/2SLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2SLGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> looking to move to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> since <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s re-election</p><p>A 2SLGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SwathiSekhar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwathiSekhar</span></a>, director of protection initiatives at <a href="https://c.im/tags/RainbowRailroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RainbowRailroad</span></a>, said the group received nearly 1,200 inquiries from 2SLGBTQ+ Americans on Nov. 6, 2024, alone, after getting only about 700 U.S.-based inquiries up to that point in 2024.</p><p>"This is really the most requests for help that we've received in a single day from any country," said Sekhar. "So that really says a lot. About half of those individuals who requested help were trans individuals, a mix of both <a href="https://c.im/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> men and trans women."</p><p>Rainbow Railroad says it has received just over 1,800 requests for help from the U.S. so far this year — an 1,100 per cent increase over the first two months of 2024.</p><p>Canadian immigration lawyers are also reporting a rising number of inquiries from American members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community looking to move to Canada.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> lawyer <a href="https://c.im/tags/AdrienneSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdrienneSmith</span></a>: "The overall sentiment that I'm hearing right now is just the kind of terror and speed that they feel like their rights are being stripped. You can hear the fear in people's voices when they're calling,"<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadianNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianNews</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lgbtq-americans-canada-trump-1.7469516" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/lgbtq-ame</span><span class="invisible">ricans-canada-trump-1.7469516</span></a></p>