Koe Hensley has started noticing glares when he goes out to eat. Jayce is afraid to go to the bathroom in public. Lily Lovejoy is terrified of losing health care. They're all trying to flee Florida.
What's happening: Hensley, Lovejoy and Jayce, who asked Axios to only use his first name, are part of a wave of transgender Floridians who launched GoFundMe fundraising campaigns asking for help leaving the state.
Of note: GoFundMe would not share exact numbers of fundraisers on the record, citing company policy.
Driving the news: Axios talked to several people who launched GoFundMes who said that even if they can't leave, the fundraisers bring awareness to how hard it is to be trans in Florida now.
Catch up quick: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed four bills into law in May that touch several aspects of daily life for some LGBTQ+ community members - from limiting the use of preferred pronouns in public schools to criminalizing the use of bathrooms that don't align with a person's sex at birth.
What they're saying: "I might not be able to get myself out but I could spread awareness and try and stop (the stigma) at the state level," said Lovejoy, who raised $1,000 to leave Largo.
Yes, but: Lovejoy didn't raise enough to leave and after experiencing medical setbacks, they are trying to use the money to survive where they are.
Zoom in: Hensley, a trans man in Clearwater, started a GoFundMe to move to Nevada when his lease is up in September. He has access to gender-affirming health care, but he's worried about discrimination driven by the anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Zoom out: Similar but smaller spikes in fundraising to move trans people to more LGBTQ+-friendly states have occurred in Texas and Tennessee, GoFundMe told Axios, which also passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year.
Jayce and his husband fled from Clearwater with just $335 in their GoFundMe last week - their goal was $3,000. The money was just enough to help them drive out of state when their lease was up June 4, a month after launching the fundraiser.
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