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Change Log for Trans Travel Guide

• 2024-09-27 [US Alabama] Proof of surgery required for ID change.
• 2024-09-04 [US Texas] ID and birth certificate changes banned.
• 2024-08-29 [US South Carolina] South Carolina being sued by ACLU over trans youth care ban.
• 2024-08-26 [US Florida] Trans medical care is illegal.
• 2024-08-21 [US Arizona] Federal court invalidated statute that required sex reassignment surgery to change birth certificate.
• 2024-08-20 [US Pennsylvania] State College is now a sanctuary city for trans healthcare.
• 2024-08-09 [US Missouri] Missouri investigating trans woman for using facilities.
• 2024-08-07 [US Missouri] Missouri requires bottom surgery or court order to change ID's gender marker.
• 2024-08-07 [US Ohio] Ohio ban on youth gender care is in effect.
• 2024-07-22 [US Florida] Attack at Miami airport
• 2024-07-19 [US South Carolina] MUSC has stopped providing adult gender-related care.
• 2024-07-19 [US Florida] Florida has asked for trans medicine ban to be re-inestated.
• 2024-07-19 [US New Hampshire] Trans youth medical ban signed.
• 2024-07-18 [US Tennessee] Drag ban again in-force
• 2024-07-12 [US Rhode Island] Rhode Island is a sanctuary state for gender affirming care
• 2024-07-03 [UK] Note about knife crime against trans people
• 2024-07-03 [US Alabama] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Florida] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Georgia] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Indiana] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Kansas] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Kentucky] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Louisiana] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Mississippi] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Nebraska] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Ohio] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Oklahoma] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US South Carolina] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US South Dakota] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Tennessee] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US Virginia] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-07-03 [US West Virginia] Legal to discriminate against trans people in medicine.
• 2024-06-26 [US Montana] Definition of sex law declared invalid.
• 2024-06-24 [US New York] Nassau County passes a tranphobic sports ban and legal definition of sex.
• 2024-06-11 [US Florida] Most medical restrictions ruled unconstitutional.
• 2024-06-08 [US Nebraska] Noted attack in a bar against a trans man.
• 2024-06-07 [US Tennessee] Tennessee criminalizes assisting or providing information regarding transition to youth.
• 2024-06-07 [US Louisiana] Bathroom ban signed by governor.
• 2024-05-29 [US New Hampshire] Bathroom ban pending governor signature
• 2024-05-29 [UK] Puberty blocker ban
• 2024-05-24 [US Louisiana] Don't say gay bill passed, pending Governor's signature.
• 2024-05-24 [US Missouri] Attorney General investigating social workers and therapists
• 2024-05-21 [US South Carolina] Governor signs trans medical ban.
• 2024-05-17 [US Louisiana] Bathroom ban in some buildings if signed by governor.
• 2024-05-17 [US New Hampshire] Genital surgery for youth will be banned if the governor signs HB619.
• 2024-05-13 [US Mississippi] Bathroom ban in "educational" facilities.
• 2024-05-10 [US New York] Nassau County trans sports ban blocked by judge.
• 2024-05-10 [UK] Noted drug importation rules.
• 2024-05-04 [US Mississippi] Clarify bathroom ban would only apply in educational spaces.
• 2024-05-04 [US Arkansas] Updated state of recognition of intersex people (basically none).
• 2024-05-04 [US Mississippi] Bathroom bill waiting for governor signature.
• 2024-05-04 [UK] Proposed changes to NHS charter would prevent trans people from being in single-sex wards that don't match assignment at birth. Also minors may be reported to safeguarding if using puberty blockers / hormones from overseas.
• 2024-05-04 [US South Carolina] Youth medical ban passes legislature, waiting on Governor's signature.
• 2024-05-04 [US Texas] Austin passes sanctuary resolution.
• 2024-05-04 [US Utah] State sets up snitch site for bathroom violations.
• 2024-04-30 [US Arkansas] Transgender resource center vandelized.
• 2024-04-26 [US Idaho] HB421 passed.
• 2024-04-25 [US Florida] State directs schools to ignore some Title IX regulations.
• 2024-04-25 [US Louisiana] State directs schools to ignore some Title IX regulations.
• 2024-04-25 [US Oklahoma] State directs schools to ignore some Title IX regulations.
• 2024-04-25 [US South Carolina] State directs schools to ignore some Title IX regulations.
• 2024-04-25 [US Tennessee] Lawsuit against ID change bans.
• 2024-04-25 [US California] Trans women attacked in Sacremento.
• 2024-04-25 [US Maine] Sanctuary law signed.
• 2024-04-25 [US Texas] Governor states trans teachers should dress as their birth gender.
• 2024-04-25 [US Tennessee] Bill awaiting governor signature that would ban providing information or assisting youth access trans care, even in locations where it is legal.
• 2024-04-22 [UK] Misgendering and lack of hygiene items when prisoners are placed according to sex assigned at birth.
• 2024-04-22 [US West Virginia] Anti-trans governor race ads and rhetoric following trans athletes competing in athletics.
• 2024-04-22 [US California] Mayor recalled after coming out as trans.
• 2024-04-22 [US Louisiana] State directs local officials to ignore Title IX guidance.
• 2024-04-19 [US Missouri] Planned parenthood appeals requests for records.
• 2024-04-18 [US Montana] State being sued over birth certificate change ban.
• 2024-04-18 [US Michigan] Two victims were assaulted by a group of 7 high school boys on MSU's campus for their sexuality
• 2024-04-18 [UK] Added note that NHS generally does not provide puberty blockers or HRT to youth.
• 2024-04-17 [US Virginia] Norfolk transgender center vandelized.
• 2024-04-16 [US Ohio] Court temporary blocked HB68.
• 2024-04-15 [US International Visitors] Information for international visitors to the USA
• 2024-04-15 [US Idaho] Idaho youth trans medical ban is again in-effect.
• 2024-04-12 [United Kingdom] Added UK
• 2024-04-12 [US Missouri] Records relating to trans care (but not private medical records) ordered to be turned over to state.
• 2024-04-10 [US Idaho] Idaho allows government employees to misgender and deadname trans people.
• 2024-04-09 [US Florida] Florida teacher obtains injunction allowing her to identify herself properly to students.
• 2024-04-03 [US Idaho] Therapist discrimination, misgendering / deadnaming permission for government employees, and new trans-exclusionary legal definiton of sex.
• 2024-03-31 [Canada Northwest Territories] Added Northwest Territories.
• 2024-03-31 [Canada Nunavut] Added Nunavut.
• 2024-03-31 [Canada Yukon] Added Yukon.
• 2024-03-30 [US Texas] Child abuse investigations of parents of trans youth temporarily blocked.
• 2024-03-22 [US Wyoming] Ban on trans youth medical care.
• 2024-03-21 [CA Saskatchewan] Saskatchewan added.
• 2024-03-21 [US Alabama] Alabama public university bathroom law.
• 2024-03-12 [CA Prince Edward Island] Prince Edward Island added to guide.
• 2024-03-12 [US Nebraska] Permanent regulations enacated but not published.
• 2024-03-12 [US Utah] DoJ finds prison system violated the ADA.
• 2024-03-12 [US West Virginia] Ban on non-binary birth certificates
• 2024-03-12 [US Alabama] Politicians call for firing of trans employee.
• 2024-03-12 [US Arkansas] Ban on X marker on driver's licenses.
• 2024-03-12 [US California] Note Chino County School District's anti-trans policy was rewritten.
• 2024-03-07 [US Wyoming] Wyoming legislature passed SF99.
• 2024-02-29 [US Texas] AG requesting records from PFLAG
• 2024-02-27 [US Colorado] Anti-LGBT hate crime in Aurora.
• 2024-02-27 [US Tennessee] Officials may refuse to marry anyone they want.
• 2024-02-27 [US Indiana] Indiana anti-trans healthcare law allowed to take effect by the appeals court.
• 2024-02-23 [US New York] Nassau County bans trans women from sports
• 2024-02-23 [US Maryland] Note trans prisoners may be inappropriately housed.
• 2024-02-07 [US Ohio] Proposed medical changes no longer directly regulate adult care.
• 2024-02-05 [CA Alberta] Alberta added.
• 2024-02-01 [US Iowa] University of Iowa Police appear to target transgender protesters more harshly
• 2024-02-01 [US Indiana] Indiana hires law firm to go after providers of trans youth care.
• 2024-01-30 [CA Newfoundland] Added Newfoundland.
• 2024-01-30 [US Georgia] Arson at trans healthcare clinic.
• 2024-01-30 [US Utah] HB257 is now law.
• 2024-01-30 [US Florida] Florida no longer allowing driver license gender marker changes.
• 2024-01-29 [CA Quebec] Committee to study trans issues has no trans members.
• 2024-01-29 [US Ohio] ACLU suing Ohio over HB68
• 2024-01-26 [US Utah] Added HB257 information
• 2024-01-25 [CA Manitoba] Added CA Manitoba
• 2024-01-24 [US Kansas] Kansas ex-prison guard sues Kansas for anti-trans discrimination.
• 2024-01-24 [US Indiana] Youth healthcare ban legal challenge is now a class action.
• 2024-01-24 [US Ohio] Ohio passed youth care ban
• 2024-01-23 [CA New Brunswick] Added CA New Brunswick
• 2024-01-19 [CA Nova Scotia] Added CA Nova Scotia
• 2024-01-17 [US Virgin Islands] Added US Virgin Islands.
• 2024-01-17 [US Northern Mariana Islands] Added Northern Mariana Islands.
• 2024-01-12 [US Connecticut] Enfield bans the Pride flag from government buildings.
• 2024-01-11 [US Alabama] Trans youth medical ban can again be enforced in Alabama.
• 2024-01-10 [US American Samoa] Added American Samoa.
• 2024-01-08 [US Louisiana] Lawsuit against trans youth medical care ban
• 2024-01-05 [US Ohio] Rules intended to make gender affirming care impossible to obtain.
• 2024-01-04 [US Guam] Added Guam to guide
• 2024-01-04 [US Ohio] Governor has restricted some transgender care and indicates desires to restrict other care, including for adults.
• 2023-12-31 [US Tennessee] Murfreesboro removing anti-drag ordinance.
• 2023-12-29 [US Iowa] Iowa "don't say gay" law is blocked by preliminary injunction.
• 2023-12-29 [US Ohio] Ohio governor vetoed HB68.
• 2023-12-27 [US Idaho] A judge issued a preliminary injunction against Idaho's trans youth medical care ban.
• 2022-12-23 [US Florida] Added information about RV park discriminating against a trans woman who successfully reached a settlement along with HUD against the RV park in 2022.
• 2023-12-19 [US Montana] ACLU suing Montana over their transphoibc definition of sex.
• 2023-12-18 [CA Ontario] A court ruling implies that some common anti-LGBT slurs linking trans people to pedophiles are not exempt from defamation lawsuits.
• 2023-12-14 [US Florida] Woman attacked on way home from LGBT event in Miami.
• 2023-12-13 [US Wisconsin] Four Black trans women have been murdered in Milwaukee since 2022.
• 2023-12-13 [US Oregon] Oregon disobeying court order protecting trans prisoner.
• 2023-12-13 [US Ohio] Trans youth medical ban passed in legislature.
• 2023-12-13 [US Florida] Lawsuit filed against state's ban against school employees using affirming pronouns.
• 2023-12-12 [US Missouri] Information about a possibly anti-trans attack in St. Louis.
• 2023-12-06 [US Missouri] Bills targeting continuing care (grandfathering) of trans youth have been prefiled.
• 2023-12-06 [US Missouri] Washington University is arguing in court that they should not have to turn over patient records to the Attorney General.
• 2023-12-06 [US Wisconsin] Governor vetoed youth trans healthcare ban, so healthcare remains legal.
• 2023-12-06 [US Mississippi] UMMC stopped providing medical care for youth before they were required to.
• 2023-12-06 [US South Carolina] MUSC has stopped providing youth transition care.
• 2023-12-06 [US Colorado] Added a note about why Children's Hospital likely cut off surgical care.
• 2023-12-04 [US Missouri] Around 2 dozen anti-trans bills have been submitted for the next legislative session.
• 2023-11-30 [US North Dakota] Hate group activity in Fargo.
• 2023-11-21 [US North Carolina] North Carolina loses lawsuit by trans prisoner for transfer to women's prison.
• 2023-11-13 [US Tennessee] Knoxville Pride Center targetted by hate group.
• 2023-11-09 [US Florida] Fernandina Beach considers Transgender Day of Remembrance to be "political."
• 2023-11-07 [US North Dakota] Trans youth medical ban is being challenged.
• 2023-11-03 [US New Hampshire] Littleton, NH may take anti-art actions due to the presence of inclusino themes or LGBT characters.
• 2023-11-03 [US Wisconsin] Proposed bill to house trans prisoners according to sex assigned at birth.
• 2023-11-02 [US New Hampshire] New Hampshire is considering a trans medical ban and enshrining exploratory therapy into law.
• 2023-10-26 [US Puerto Rico] Added Puerto Rico.
• 2023-10-22 [US Tennessee] Murfreesboro has an ordinance that defines homosexuality as sexual conduct that they incorporated into an anti-drag ban (I.E. homosexuality in public is banned).
• 2023-10-19 [US Arizona] Queer professor assaulted on-campus at ASU.
• 2023-10-19 [CA Ottawa] Anti-trans protests may occur in Ottawa.
• 2023-10-19 [US Florida] Trans people are now banned from locker rooms at all educational institutions, including private colleges and universities.
• 2023-10-19 [US Colorado] Fountain Pride anti-LGBT protest.
• 2023-10-17 [US Pennsylvania] Philadelphia is a sanctuary city now.
• 2023-10-13 [US California] Link to KQED article on treatment of trans women in women's prisons.
• 2023-10-13 [US Nevada] Forged Letter sent to healthcare provider in attempt to disrupt trans healthcare.
• 2023-10-12 [US Missouri] Added info about a possibly transphobic pharmacy.
• 2023-10-12 [US Nebraska] Added link to provider stories about unclear trans youth healthcare rules.
• 2023-10-11 [US Texas] Note drag bans are allowed but prosecutions not allowed.
• 2023-10-11 [US North Carolina] Trans youth healthcare ban is being challegned.
• 2023-10-11 [US Washington] Settlement to provide better treatment of trans prisoners.
• 2023-10-11 [US Maine] Noted former Oakland city manager has accused the city of transphobia leading to her resignation.
• 2023-10-09 [US New York] Add store clerk attack of cis woman mistaken for being trans.
• 2023-10-06 [US Oklahoma] Judge refuses to stay SB613, thus trans healthcare for minors is illegal.
• 2023-10-06 [US Kansas] Include Andover Library threats.
• 2023-10-05 [US Indiana] Indiana gender change information was incorrect, but is now fixed.
• 2023-10-04 [CA British Columbia] Added page for BC.
• 2023-10-04 [US Wisconsin] Trans youth medical ban is being debated[ in legislature.
• 2023-10-04 [US Nebraska] Some pharmacies refusing to dispense medication to trans kids despite exceptions in ban.
• 2023-10-01 [US Colorado] Drag storytime bomb threat
• 2023-10-01 [US Nebraska] Added details about the youth healthcare ban.
• 2023-09-30 [US Florida] Anti-trans bathroom law is being challenged in court.
• 2023-09-29 [US Wyoming] Transphobic extremists are operating around events at the University of Wyoming.
• 2023-09-28 [US Canada] Governor vetoes bill that would consider gender identity in custody disputes.
• 2023-09-27 [US Montana] Montana youth healthcare ban declared unconstitutional.
• 2023-09-26 [US Texas] Anti-drag law declared unconstitutional.
• 2023-09-23 [CA Quebec] Created initial Quebec guide.
• 2023-09-22 [US New York] NYPD being sued for failing to comply with previous court directive.
• 2023-09-21 [US Wisconsin] Milwaukee County is now a sanctuary county.
• 2023-09-21 [US Arizona] Added additional details about prisoner misgendering.
• 2023-09-21 [US Connecticut] Prisoner sues prison service for inadequate and discriminatory denial of health care.
• 2023-09-21 [Aotearoa / New Zealand] Indicate usage of gender-specific screening technology at airports.
• 2023-09-16 [CA Ontario] Added Ontario.
• 2023-09-15 [US Kansas] Library bans neurodiveristy pride symbol.
• 2023-09-14 [US Kansas] Religious homeless shelter banning trans people who make others "uncomfortable."
• 2023-09-14 [US Virginia] Some local governments are very anti-LGBT.
• 2023-09-14 [US Missouri] Trans healthcare is likely totally unavailable, regardless of "grandfather" status.
• 2023-09-14 [US Kentucky] Appeal to full appeals court has been denied for preliminary injunction in trans youth health ban.
• 2023-09-13 [US Massachusetts] Anti-LGBT vandalism occurred in Salem.
• 2023-09-12 [US Texas] El Paso passed a city resolution to ensure access to city-owned facilities by trans people.
• 2023-09-12 [US Indiana] Indiana University may be unwilling to fully investigate anti-trans/anti-gay harassment.
• 2023-09-12 [US Pennsylvania] Pittsburgh sanctuary ordinance passed.
• 2023-09-13 [US Missouri] Washington University Hospital has stopped providing care for trans minors grandfathered under the anti-trans care ban law.
• 2023-09-11 [US Ohio] Neo-Nazis are active in Ohio.
• 2023-09-11 [US Texas] Drag ban has a temporary restraining order against it.
• 2023-09-08 [US Oregon] Note additional prison litigation.
• 2023-09-07 [US New York] Note violence on public transit.
• 2023-09-06 [US Florida] Lake Worth Beach declares itself a sanctuary city.
• 2023-09-05 [New Zealand] First draft of NZ page.
• 2023-09-05 [US Georgia] Trans youth medical care is again illegal.
• 2023-09-03 [US Iowa] Essex bans LGBT group from participating in a city parade.
• 2023-09-01 [US Texas] Texas youth healthcare ban and drag ban is now in effect.
• 2023-08-31 [US Kansas] Kansas no longer allows birth certificate changes; updated to note driver's license changes not allowed either.
• 2023-08-31 [US Tennessee] Blount County has indicated a wilingness to enforce the drag ban, despite it being ruled unconstitutional.
• 2023-08-31 [US Alabama] Indicate willingness by AG to prosecute "criminal conspiracy" in abortion cases and how that might impact trans care.
• 2023-08-30 [US Nebraska] Nebraska wide-ranging executive order.
• 2023-08-29 [US Pennsylvania] Pittsburgh is considering becoming a sanctuary city for healthcare access.
• 2023-08-29 [US Missouri] University of Missouri hospital has stopped providing care for existing youth patients, even though law allows that to continue.
• 2023-08-28 [US California] Added information about Riverside County jail inappropriately housing trans women.
• 2023-08-28 [US Indiana] Note Indiana prisoner care ban is being challenged.
• 2023-08-28 [US Alabama] Clarify current legal status of trans youth care ban.
• 2023-08-27 [US Colorado] Note about armed hate groups operating within Colorado to imtimidate LGBT people.
• 2023-08-24 [US Texas] Decision on trans youth healthcare ban and appeal of that decision.
• 2023-08-24 [US Arizona] Discussion of bias that may place criminal intent upon trans people.
• 2023-08-24 [US Georgia] A don't say gay bill is being re-introduced into the state legislature.
• 2023-08-21 [US Alabama] 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overrode the injunction against enforcement of the trans youth healthcare ban. Thus trans youth healthcare is illegal again.
• 2023-08-21 [US California] Noted Lauri Carlelton's murder.
• 2023-08-21 [US Georgia] A preliminary injunction has been issued which allows hormone therapy to continue to be used by trans youth.
• 2023-08-16 [US Kansas] Legal definition of sex places gender non-conforming cis women at risk.
• 2023-08-16 [US Montana] Legal definition of sex places gender non-conforming cis women at risk.
• 2023-08-16 [US Oklahoma] Legal definition of sex places gender non-conforming cis women at risk.
• 2023-08-16 [US North Dakota] Legal definition of sex places gender non-conforming cis women at risk.
• 2023-08-16 [US Georgia] Note Macon, GA misgendered a trans woman murder victim.
• 2023-08-16 [US North Carolina] North Carolina has banned most trans youth healthcare and enacted a "don't say gay" law
• 2023-08-16 [US Texas] Correct lawsuit link
• 2023-08-12 [US California] Added notes about Shasta County, Chino Valley, and Marietta Valley School board.
• 2023-08-11 [US Florida] SPARTA duty assignment warning issued for FL.
• 2023-08-10 [US Idaho] School bathroom law is temporarily stayed through a TRO.
• 2023-08-10 [US Arizona] Note about Arizona birth certificate legal challenge.
• 2023-08-10 [US Oregon] Note about OHSU receiving threats.
• 2023-08-10 [US Colorado] Add notes about Douglas County and Jefferson County.
• 2023-08-10 [US Louisiana] Note library ban has passed.
• 2023-08-10 [US Florida] Added note about highway rest areas being covered by Florida's bathroom law.
• 2023-08-09 [US Wyoming] Note about safety concerns for a trans woman competing in a recreational athletic compitition, and also added note that all trans prisoners are currently housed according to sex assigned at birth.
• 2023-08-08 [US Florida] Updated Florida page to note that teachers and visotors to schools will be required to be misgendered and required to use improper bathrooms.
• 2023-08-04 [US Kentucky] and [US Tennesseee] Plantiffs in the Kentucky case trying to overturn the Kentucky ban on youth healthcare have asked the entire appeals court to re-hear the appeal. This could also impact the similar decision in Tennessee.
• 2023-08-04 [US North Carolina] North Carolina's will be voting to attempt to override a governor's veto of an anti-trans youth healthcare bill.
• 2023-08-04 [US Texas] Woodlands Pride has went to court to challenge to Texas's vague sexually oriented performance law.
• 2023-08-01 [US Florida] Florida's medical board has removed the requirement for psychological exams every two years for adults prescribed HRT.
• 2023-08-01 [US Wyoming] A new policy was created for transgender state prison inmates.
• 2023-08-01 [US Oklahoma] An executive order requires the state to treat trans people according to sex assigned at birth.
• 2023-07-28 [US Montana] A judge has temporarily blocked the Montana drag ban (HB359) from being enforced.