California restricts state-funded travel to five more states over LGBTQ legislation
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has announced that the state will be restricting state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia over the passage of legislation he said are discriminatory against LGBT Americans.
Bonta pointed to a series of GOP-backed measures targeting transgender girls in female sports teams at schools that have advanced in the five states in recent months as reason for the ban on Monday.
Since 2016, California has prohibited state-funded travel to other states with laws considered discriminatory under legislation known as AB 1887. Bonta cited the law when announcing the new restrictions."When states discriminate against LGBTQ+ Americans, California law requires our office to take action," Bonta said in the statement on Monday, which also marked the anniversary of the start of the Stonewall Riots.
"These new additions to the state-funded travel restrictions list are about exactly that. It's been 52 years to the day since the Stonewall Riots began, but that same fight remains all too alive and well in this country. Rather than focusing on solving real issues, some politicians think it's in their best interest to demonize trans youth and block life-saving care," he said.
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