Your State

What rights exist where you live.

This risk assessment is based on Erin Reed's Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map, updated regularly. Categories describe the legal environment for transgender adults. The situation is changing — check the source links for the latest.

Risk Categories

Do Not Travel Highest risk. Laws enabling arrest, ID fraud charges, or $10K bounties.
Worst State Laws Bathroom bans, legal erasure of trans identity, or near-total care bans.
High Risk Significant restrictions on care and/or legal recognition.
Moderate Risk Some restrictions in place; situation worsening in some cases.
Lower Risk Fewer active restrictions; some protections in place.
Strong Protections Active legal protections for trans people at the state level.

Do Not Travel

Florida Law enables arrest for bathroom use by gender identity. Policy targets trans people's driver's licenses, with potential fraud charges. Travel advisory issued by local LGBTQ+ orgs and HRC.
Texas Ignores court-ordered ID changes for trans adults and maintains a database of people who attempt them. Odessa has a $10,000 bounty ordinance targeting trans people in bathrooms.

Worst State Laws

AlabamaDon't Say Gay bill includes bathroom ban on college campuses.
IowaLaw defines male and female strictly, removing gender identity protections.
IdahoSweeping restrictions on care and legal recognition.
KansasBathroom ban for trans adults. Legislative erasure of trans legal rights.
LouisianaLegislatively erased trans legal recognition.
MississippiLegislatively erased trans legal recognition.
MontanaLegislatively erased trans legal recognition. Restrictions on IDs.
North DakotaBathroom bans and restrictions on legal recognition.
OhioDeeply restrictive legislation targeting trans adults.
OklahomaLegislatively erased trans legal recognition.
South DakotaRecently moved to "Worst Laws." Sweeping new restrictions.
TennesseeLegislatively erased trans legal recognition.
UtahBathroom ban for trans adults.
West VirginiaRecently moved to "Worst Laws." Extreme bathroom ban enacted.
WyomingRecently moved to "Worst Laws." Trans people banned from certain public spaces.

Moderate Risk — and changing

Virginia Recently downgraded from Low to Moderate risk. State officials pushing hospitals and nonprofits to comply with anti-trans executive orders.

This section will grow as the full state-by-state picture is built out. Check Erin Reed's newsletter for the most current map — she updates it monthly.

The situation is moving fast. The most current, comprehensive state-by-state risk map is maintained by journalist and activist Erin Reed at erininthemorning.com. This page draws from her work and will be updated regularly.

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