Riley’s Roundup: Canada Warns Against LGBTQ Travel to the U.S.

metroweekly.com:

U.S. ON CANADA’S BAD LISTCanada has issued a travel advisory to the United States, per National Public Radio, warning members of the LGBTQ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them if they choose to travel to the United States.While the country’s Global Affairs department did not specify to which states it was referring, it did advise travelers to research local laws before traveling.Among the nearly 80 laws passed this year are those prohibiting drag performances, restricting access to gender-affirming care, or restrictions on which public restrooms or facilities transgender individuals can use. “Outside Canada, laws and customs related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics can be very different from those in Canada,” the department said in a statement. “As a result, Canadians could face certain barriers and risks when they travel outside Canada.”MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS…A law prohibiting doctors from prescribing gender-affirming treatments to transgender, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming youth has taken effect following a Texas Supreme Court decision last week.The court refused to reinstate a district judge’s order blocking state authorities from enforcing the law, according to CNN.As Metro Weekly previously reported, Travis County Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel’s injunction was suspended after the office of the Texas Attorney General appealed the decision, meaning the law was set to go into effect unless the Texas Supreme Court sided with Cantú Hexsel and reissued the injunction.Under the law, minors are barred from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy, although those who have already started such treatments can continue to receive them as they are “weaned off” any drugs to treat gender dysphoria by June 1, 2024.A separate portion of the law prohibiting surgical interventions on minors was not challenged in court and went into effect on Friday, Sept.