<![CDATA[TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in?]]>TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in?

I'm curious what regions of the US have the most active trans users on the fediverse. Please respond first to this poll, then find the appropriate follow-up poll and respond too. This is mostly just for our general community curiosity/knowledge as an interesting bubble of trans people on the internet.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/liferstate/statuses/116458224089259221https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/liferstate/statuses/116458224089259221Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:02:12 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient I don't anymore, but when I did, I was in Chicago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116458162263148564https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116458162263148564Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:02:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:14:06 GMT]]>@crone Okay but that's not fair, because as far as I'm concerned there's a bunch of states that the Rockies pass through that can call themselves "mountain" over my dead body, so the term isn't really much more descriptive than saying "Colorado."
@JoscelynTransient @eruonna

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merping.synth.download/ap/users/116231888309141788/statuses/116457973095529386https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merping.synth.download/ap/users/116231888309141788/statuses/116457973095529386Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:14:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:02:01 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient @eruonna Iโ€™m trans and in Denver , and unlike @SymTrkl I donโ€™t see myself in the Mid-West at all. Thatโ€™s a thousand miles away! Mountain West maybe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/crone/statuses/116457925616053007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/crone/statuses/116457925616053007Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:57:28 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw sad to say that Iโ€™m trapped in Texas for the foreseeable future ๐Ÿ˜ž

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cryptid.cafe/objects/c3f10941-52fb-4752-9fc2-939224f5e961https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cryptid.cafe/objects/c3f10941-52fb-4752-9fc2-939224f5e961Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:57:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:24:47 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient you left out the southwest

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/trabern/statuses/116457779220806039https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/trabern/statuses/116457779220806039Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:24:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:04:34 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient I picked elsewhere, but it's semi-rural. Not as rural as some places, but I live like a mile from a cattle farm and less than that from crop fields.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://monads.online/users/lesbianhacker/statuses/116457699722538861https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://monads.online/users/lesbianhacker/statuses/116457699722538861Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:04:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:14 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient I was gonna say Hawaii and Puerto Rico were left out. Florida and Texas are both in the South IMO.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ClickyMcTicker/statuses/116457682652580632https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ClickyMcTicker/statuses/116457682652580632Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:09 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient hello from southern arkansas... there's a dozen of us down here, at least

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girldick.party/users/jaycee/statuses/116457662685616295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girldick.party/users/jaycee/statuses/116457662685616295Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:50:38 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient northeast, specifically in the region where the local restaurants put Old Bay on everything

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://void.rehab/notes/alfxswrchnulpiikhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://void.rehab/notes/alfxswrchnulpiikFri, 24 Apr 2026 03:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:44:44 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient twin Cities are so weirdly over represented.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/spaduf/statuses/116457621722746139https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/spaduf/statuses/116457621722746139Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:44:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:41:18 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw eslewhere: alaska

im assuming we count as pnw since it's the closest

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ice.ch3.st/notes/alfxgwp91qt3001lhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ice.ch3.st/notes/alfxgwp91qt3001lFri, 24 Apr 2026 03:41:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:36:12 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient Hello, from Alabama!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://deadinsi.de/users/delve/statuses/116457588150228320https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://deadinsi.de/users/delve/statuses/116457588150228320Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:36:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:33:22 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient what if iโ€™m from colorado or utah

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/valk/statuses/116457577039092405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/valk/statuses/116457577039092405Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:33:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:32:09 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient currently in the south and have been since 2017. Started transitioning in 2021. My itโ€™s complicated relationship has fallen apart so Iโ€™m moving back to New England in late summer which is where Iโ€™m from.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://musician.social/users/theseliminaldays/statuses/116457572252001136https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://musician.social/users/theseliminaldays/statuses/116457572252001136Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:17:58 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient Iโ€™ll be sad if Iโ€™m the only trans Mastodon user in Alaska. I wonโ€™t be terribly surprised, though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Undercat/statuses/116457516466587217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Undercat/statuses/116457516466587217Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:17:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:10:44 GMT]]>@ryker_rf5 let people know the region and see if you can find new fedi friends! ๐Ÿ˜

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457488038921903https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457488038921903Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:10:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:09:28 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient at least 19 other trans people in my region and yet no immediate new friends since responding to this pollโ€ฆ tragic
(luckily I live in a pretty queer area but as far as I know my local trans friends are not on fedi)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://void.rehab/notes/alfwbywjwnc6pkv7https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://void.rehab/notes/alfwbywjwnc6pkv7Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:09:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:06:18 GMT]]>@eruonna @SymTrkl oh shit, I forgot Colorado and Denver! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Seriously, zapping my brain with a magnet has been leaving me truly in bimbo territory at night lately ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457470568901342https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457470568901342Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:06:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:04:49 GMT]]>@Undercat has those thoughts after posting too, was actually not sure how many Alaska and Hawaii trans folks we might have on here. Comments for now can work! I can add a poll for that too if there are enough. Going to probably put all this into an excel and make some graphs, so I can incorporate it that way

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457464782670605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/JoscelynTransient/statuses/116457464782670605Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:50:09 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient What would you consider Alaska? Closest I can see is Pacific Northwest but weโ€™re really sort of our own thing. I imagine Hawaii is as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Undercat/statuses/116457407116828285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Undercat/statuses/116457407116828285Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:50:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:47:34 GMT]]>@SymTrkl @JoscelynTransient _I_ talk about the West, though I might be inclined to put Denver in the Rocky Mountain region. But even the classical Midwest is so varied in terms of culture, climate, economics, etc, that it is hard for me to see it as a singular region. Like, if you are going to include Ohio, Kansas, Minnesota, what do they really have in common?

(Other regions have similar divides, for example, the Pacific Northwest east vs west of the Cascades, but at least they are mostly divides within a state.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/eruonna/statuses/116457396921474298https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/eruonna/statuses/116457396921474298Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:42:07 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient I'm slightly closer to being in the Inner Mountain West, but I answered as PNW.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/corbden/statuses/116457375528279531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/corbden/statuses/116457375528279531Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:42:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TRANS PEOPLE in the US: What area of the US do you live in? on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:40:31 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient I mean I count Denver as being midwest, mainly because nobody ever talks about "the west..."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merping.synth.download/ap/users/116231888309141788/statuses/116457369220544688https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merping.synth.download/ap/users/116231888309141788/statuses/116457369220544688Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:40:31 GMT