Alexx Abreu no longer feels protected as a trans man in Kansas City, so he’s moved to Colorado

Legislators in Missouri and Kansas this session have introduced some 50 of the most restrictive anti-trans bills in the country. Missouri legislators have sent bills limiting gender-affirming care and trans sports participation to Gov. Mike Parson to be signed, and more are still waiting to be heard. The political environment and accompanying rhetoric have some in the transgender community moving to safer states. Or seriously considering it.
Alexx Abreu loves Kansas City. He says the city raised him, a transgender man, and taught him what it meant to be proud of his identity. Abreu has spent over a decade building a community here. To him, Kansas City used to feel like a sanctuary, a small, progressive piece of the Bible belt where he could be himself. But now, that has changed.