California added Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota and Texas to its list of states in which it is banning state-funded and state-sponsored travel due to their laws discriminating against LGBTQ people. Similar travel to Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee was banned at the beginning of the year.
According to CNN, California decided to add Alabama, South Dakota and Texas to the list due to the states all passing some form of legislation that could prevent LGBT parents from adopting or fostering children. Kentucky passed a religious freedom bill excluding LGBTQ classmates from campus groups.
"While the California DOJ works to protect the rights of all our people, discriminatory laws in any part of our country send all of us several steps back," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement on Thurs., June 22, as reported by CNN in its news coverage. "That's why when California said we would not tolerate discrimination against LGBTQ members of our community, we meant it."
California’s travel ban legislation applies to state-funded or state-sponsored travel by employees of state agencies and departments, as well as members of boards, authorities and commissions.
More information of the California travel ban is available in this article from CNN.
