#EffectiveImmediately California Gov #Newsom rescinds #TravelBan on using CA #taxpayer funds to visit more than half the #UnitedStates. In 2016 #California stopped allowing state-sponsored #travel to 4 US states discriminating against #LGBTQ rights, but had since increased #Isolationist #boycott to 26. Law was doing little to change #PublicPolicy elsewhere, but stifled and complicated state school and other government employees from participating in collaborations, conferences and competitions outside California borders. Newsom will direct money to vague #educational #BridgeProject outreach instead ...

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/14/gov-newsom-signs-bill-replacing-californias-state-travel-ban-over-lgbtq-laws-with-outreach-funding/?share=llhtvaptvo9er2i9imne

Gov. Newsom signs bill replacing California’s state travel ban over LGBTQ laws with outreach funding

Ban had restricted travel to 26 states and became politically awkward for the governor who visited one of them last year to see his wife’s family.

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1/2 Time to stop vacationing in #Utah. It is not safe there for anyone. This #antitrans #antiaffirmativecare legislation effectively prohibits #affirmativecare up to the age age of 26. The governor made it #EFFECTIVEIMMEDIATELY

Time to stop vacationing in #Utah. It is not safe there for anyone. This #antitrans #antiaffirmativecare legislation effectively prohibits #affirmativecare up to the age age of 26. The governor made it #EFFECTIVEIMMEDIATELY
Utah's "risk category 4 legislation moves into the ā€œworst states for anti-trans legislationā€ category on my anti-trans legislative risk map. This makes them the 1st state to move up into that category since the creation of the map."

https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/utah-care-ban-for-trans-youth-takes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=994764&post_id=99618085&isFreemail=false&utm_medium=email

Utah Care Ban For Trans Youth Takes Effect Immediately, Gov. Cox Signs

Utah becomes the first state in 2023 to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. It takes effect immediately. Utah is the only state with such a law being enforced. Governor Cox has signed the bill.

Erin In The Morning