California Bans State-Funded Travel to Indiana Over Law Protecting Girl’s Sports from Trans Athletes

The state of California has banned state-funded travel to Indiana after the Hoosier State implemented a law that bars transgender athletes from competing against natural-born girls.

California authorities called Indiana’s law a “coordinated” attack on “our LGBTQ+ community.”

“Make no mistake: There is a coordinated, ongoing attack on transgender rights happening right now all across the country,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta exclaimed, according to ABC affiliate WTHR. “Blanket legislation targeting transgender children is a ‘solution’ in search of a problem. It is detached from reality and directly undermines the well-being of our LGBTQ+ community.”

California Attorney General Rob Bonta addresses a crowd of pro-abortion activists in front of the federal building in San Francisco on May 3, 2022. (NICK OTTO/AFP via Getty Images)

The law went into effect on July 1 after the Indiana state legislature voted to override Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of the bill.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita slapped back at California over the ban and tweeted that he would choose to protect girls over having visitors from California any day.

While we will miss the liberal government employees from California visiting the Hoosier state this summer, we choose protections for our K-12 girls over them any day. https://t.co/AcAQcgBHfY

— Todd Rokita (@AGToddRokita) July 6, 2022

Indiana was only one of four new states added to California’s travel ban. The other three include Utah, Louisiana, and Arizona, each of which implemented new laws banning trans athletes from competing as women.

These four states are but a few of the states to which California has barred state-funded travel. In fact, the state has now moved to cut off travel to 22 states, nearly half of our 50 states.

The list of banned states now includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

Democrats have banned state travel to these states.

You’ll note Montana is on the list.

Also of note, Gavin Newsom is currently vacationing in…Montana. pic.twitter.com/eyZysKXzXF

— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) July 6, 2022

While the state is officially banning state-funded travel to so many other states, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to feel he is exempt from observing his own legislature’s banned list. Newsom took heat this week for a vacation in Montana, one of the states on the banned list.

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