California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Aug. 19 an immediate ban on state-funded travel to Georgia for passing a law that prohibits biological boys from competing in girls’ school sports.
Bonta called Georgia’s recently enacted education bill House Bill 1084 “transphobic.” California’s list now includes 22 states. Arizona will be added to the list at the end of September.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the new law in April. The legislation—known as “Protect Students First Act”—mainly bans classroom instruction that teaches “divisive concepts” such as teaching children the United States is fundamentally racist and people are inherently or consciously racist and oppressive to others because of their race….