Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday he’s banning taxpayer-funded travel to five more states under a California law that calls on his office to act when another state adopts measures viewed as discriminatory against gay and transgender people.
The new additions are Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia following their passage of new laws that restrict transgender youth from playing sports and block access to life-saving care for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
With this announcement, California now restricts taxpayer-funded travel for public employees and college students to 17 states representing over 30% of the American population.
None of these 17 states on the “no fly” list voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. They’re represented by Republican-led Legislatures that have in some cases adopted laws allowing organizations to deny services to same-sex couples, among other policies.
“The states are a part of a recent dangerous wave of discriminatory new bills signed into law in states all across the country,” Bonta said in a news release.
As of June, more than 250 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures throughout the U.S., with at least 95 directly targeting transgender Americans, Bonta said.
The Human Rights Center predicts 2021 will break records as the worst year for what it views as anti-LGBTQ legislation, surpassing 2015 when 15 new anti-LGBTQ bills were signed into law.
“I’m really sad that we have to keep doing this,” Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco said. He added the travel restrictions are important to demonstrate that “there will be consequences for targeting our community, particularly our children.”
Here are all of the states on California’s state-funded travel restrictions list, with the dates they were added:
Alabama — announced June 22, 2017
Arkansas — July 29, 2021
Florida — July 1, 2021
Idaho — July 1, 2020
Iowa — October 4, 2019
Kansas — January 1, 2017
Kentucky — announced June 22, 2017
Mississippi — January 1, 2017
Montana — July 1, 2021
North Carolina — Jan. 1, 2017
North Dakota — Aug. 1, 2021
Oklahoma — June 22, 2018
South Carolina — April 15, 2019
South Dakota — announced June 22, 2017
Tennessee — Jan. 1, 2017
Texas — announced June 22, 2017
West Virginia — July 8, 2021
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Fine—stay the hell at home.
Great News! I’m sure Florida will somehow survive without any Kaly4nya “officials” stinking up the State.
Hell, EACH State listed, should Reciprocate, and BAN TRAVEL TO Commiefornia.
Actually there is no need for that; people with intelligence would not even think of going there. There is a saying that goes something like this; “it a nice place to visit but would not like to live there”. This no longer applies to california cause it is no longer a nice place to visit unless you are a democrat, an illegal invader or belong to the alphabet group.
Any democrat politician from California should have his/her/its utterances qualified with the “California Prop 65” warning label regarding content that is hazardous to health with an added insight to a threat to sanity and common sense. Every product created by man now has that label to satisfy the phobia and despair of California’s terror of mortality.
LIBERALISM period, needs to get a warning label
“Note, being liberal ROTS the brain!”
I am proud to see my State on the “list”. I would say kalifornication can go s***w itself, but it already is.
Pity Ohio is not on it!
The fortunate seventeen.
Isn’t this wonderful? Maybe we in these California’s state-funded travel restriction list States,
will not have to tolerate the LGBTQ assault and insanity from these sexual perverts.
Jude 1:7
Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
John 8:44
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Glad to see that more and more states are beginning to see the light. Let california keep its citizens where the women are women and some of the men are too. Unofficially, I bet california is really part of lower california aka part of Mexico.
i do not want any of there politicians gracing the door of my home state of south carolina.
we have been on the list for 2yrs.
I don’t even want Commiefornian FOLKS visiting my state, and bringing their libtardism with them.
Why any one would want to leave California is quite a mystery, it is such a paradise on Earth even hords from all around the world are flocking there to enjoy the largesse.
Simple enough for the affected states to reciprocate…
All I can say is “Thank you”.