LGBTQ+ Americans are Calling for Help in Record Numbers
Newsweek, Rainbow Railroad, a group that provides services worldwide including travel, financial grants and information support to LBGTQ+ people at risk of discrimination, fielded its highest number of requests for help from LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S in 2023, since it was founded in 2006.A total of 1,682 people contacted the charity, an increase of more than 500 percent from 2022, when 270 people contacted Rainbow Railroad.
In 2020, only 106 people contacted the non-profit and in 2021 the charity received requests for help from 149 people. The 2023 figure means the U.S.
was the third-biggest source of requests the charity dealt with that year, up from the eighth in 2022.Rainbow Railroad did not provide a breakdown of the reasons why people contacted them or specific data showing the states that people contacted them from.
However, they said the top concerns highlighted by U.S. residents when asking for help were increased fear of persecution and violence as well as threats from community members and family members and employment discrimination.Rainbow Railroad's senior adviser for U.S.
