US Authoritarianism

I'm not trans, so I can't speak with full certainty here. But places I've lived and visited in the South, generally I wouldn't label as outright dangerous. From what I've heard and seen, it's probably more dangerous to be black in those parts, as some places in GA for example still have sundown towns.

I've met a number of trans people here who don't remark notably about safety any more than the typical "I have to be careful going out at night cause I'm not able to defend myself" which is not representative of all the LGBTQ folk I met of course and would apply equally to a smol gal.

So while I don't want to discredit you, I really don't think this notion that you've been led to believe holds any water at least from my experience which is admittedly likely not worth much.

But now I'm curious whether the LGBTQ population is by chance more concentrated in these "safe" states? That seems like a more enlightening metric on its own, actually knowing a demographical metric rather than getting just an ominous "avoid everywhere but here"