Election results concern LGBTQ+ community in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Members of the LGBTQ+ community are concerned about potential future legal changes in Indiana and nationwide as Republican administrations take office in the new year.
News 8 on Wednesday spoke to a transgender man living in central Indiana who was scared that the changes in leadership from Tuesday’s election could bring new dangers.
“It’s mostly fear,” Jodi Alexander said. “But, it’s the fear of how people are acting.”
He fears that new administrations in the Indiana governor’s office and the White House could mean he needs to flee the state. “I’ve got my passport ready to go and I am looking at some other places out of the country where I may potentially have to move to.”
For Alexander, one of his biggest concerns is losing access to gender-affirming health care while living in Indiana or anywhere else in the United States.
“For me, it would mean not getting my testosterone or having to get it elsewhere, and I am presurgery, so I have not had any of my gender-affirming surgeries yet, and so that means I would be paying out of pocket for them, or I would have to travel somewhere else to get them if I could even get them at all.”