California has a list of states prohibited for travel: it has 11 US regions
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra added Iowa to the state’s “travel forbidden” list because it discredits transgender people.
Thus, the prosecutor extended the law, which was adopted in California in 2016 year. It prohibits travel to states where there is official discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rtvi with reference to the television channel Fox News.
The ban applies only to trips financed by California taxpayers. First of all, civil servants' business trips and student trips at the expense of state colleges fall under this definition.
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Despite the ban, sports teams continue to regularly participate in away matches of student championships.
In the summer of 2019, the Iowa Governor signed into law a bill prohibiting the financing of gender reassignment operations through the state Medicaid program. In California, this action was considered discrimination against LGBT people + on the basis of gender identity and violation of their civil rights.
The entry ban comes into force on October 4. Iowa became the 11 state on the California blacklist. It also includes Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
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