Canada has issued an alert for its citizens from the LGBT community who are planning to travel to the United States.

Anti-LGBT protests in the United States have increased 30 times in recent years compared to 2017, while legislative movements aimed at restricting collective rights are on the rise.

The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned that certain state laws could affect its citizens when traveling to the neighboring country, without specifying which ones.

These kinds of warnings from the Canadian government are usually reserved for countries like Uganda, Russia or Egypt.

“Some states have imposed laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ people. Check relevant local laws and policies,” can be found on Global Affairs Canada’s travel advice page.

2SLGBTQI+ is the term widely used in Canada to refer to people who identify as two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or any other gender identity not included here.

A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs pointed out that there are laws in the United States directed against the transgender community.

“As of early 2023, some US states have enacted laws that ban drag shows and restrict the transgender community’s access to gender-affirming care and participation in sporting events,” said he told the Canadian public information network CBC News.

In March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed laws banning drag shows in front of children and restricting transgender youth’s access to medical care.

Un par de meses después, el gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, firmó decretos prohibiendo que los niños sean sometidos a tratamientos de transición de género, o que assistance a events de drag, al igual que impuso restricciones al uso de pronombres en las aulas de class.

Hundreds of similar LGBT-related regulations have been proposed in Republican-run US states.

The Campaign for Human Rights, the largest support group for the LGBT community in the United States, said in June that the group faced an emergency there as states continue to pass laws against it. against.

When asked why travel recommendations had been updated, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters that the government had hired experts “to take a hard look at the world and monitor where there are risks. individuals for specific groups of Canadians.

But Freeland declined to comment when asked if the US government had been consulted before updating the advisory.

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