2019 survey by the HRC Foundation found that this fear has led 22 percent of LGBTQ adults, 35 percent of LGBTQ adults of color, 49 percent of transgender adults, and 55 percent of trans adults of color to avoid voting in at least one election in their lives.Issues around meeting voter identification requirements have kept substantial percentages of LGBTQ people from voting, especially people of color and trans people.
Forty-sex percent of trans people of color reported that they’ve missed one or more elections because their ID had the incorrect gender, name, or photo.