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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Trn Nguyn

California lawmakers vote to end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states.

California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Since then, the list has grown to include a total of 26 states, most of them Republican-led, following a surge of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation these past few years.

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