THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
Sources retrieved
Trans Policy Atlas data: Transitics' CATPALM (built by Aleksandra Vaca, a member of the Trans Data Initiative team) and the team's own research.
Legal recognition
Defining sex by birth biology across state law
Statutes, executive orders and statewide rules that apply across state law or state government. A definition limited to one subject (sports, bathrooms, documents) is mapped in that area.
Select a state to inspect its policy and sources.
No restriction reported31
Restriction reported20
Colors summarize the source’s description. Court limits, age and setting matter; read the state details. Territories are available in the state selector.
A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.