Fight or flight: Florida losing some LGBTQ residents to blue states, but not all

Fight or flight: Florida losing some LGBTQ residents to blue states, but not allPeople may be moving to Florida in droves, but Troy Liggett and his husband are dreaming of fleeing. Several new state laws affecting the LGBTQ community took effect on July 1. Blue wave, red waveMany transgender residents have already left, says Lakey Love, founder of the Florida Coalition for Transgender Liberation. “We have some people going to states that are not sanctuary states but have satellite areas within the state. “Black residents were leaving states to get away from Jim Crow laws,” Zelden said.