The Government of Canada has issued a warning to LGBTQI+ travelers planning a trip to the United States. This alert has arisen due to certain legislative changes that could pose risks to the community.
“Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ people,” reads the message added to the travel recommendations for the United States available on site Canadian government official. It is aimed at all people who consider themselves two-spirit (two-spirit, in free translation), lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans, faggot or intersex (2SLGBTQI+). The page then links to travel recommendations for the LGBTQI+ community that are already available. onlinewith general safety tips for LGBTQI+ travelers.
In this new advisory, there is no direct reference to US states that may be less safe for the LGBTQI+ community, so the government advises travelers to “check state and local laws.”
The new statement was released on August 29 and is overseen by Global Affairs Canada, the government agency that promotes diplomatic relations. In statements to journalists and cited by ABC NewsDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland said the government must “put the interests and security of every Canadian and every group of Canadians at the center of everything you do“.
Over the course of this year, more than 500 anti-LGBTQI+ bills have been introduced in US legislatures, according to the organization Human rights campaign (HRC). At least 70 have been enacted – restrictions on performances of drag queenscensorship of school textbooks or laws that affect trans young people are some examples.
Last Monday, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, he said “keep an eye” on the United States, in case the country becomes “an authoritarian regime” after the 2024 elections.
News edited at 11:45 a.m. September 4, 2023: Chrystia Freeland’s position has changed, correcting that she is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada.
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