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.

COLLECTION

Daily life

Participating in sports consistent with gender identity

50 states + D.C.

School and college rules vary by age, institution and sport.

Alabama: Total BanAlaska: Total BanArizona: Total Ban (Blocked)Arkansas: Total BanCalifornia: Sports Participation ProtectedColorado: No RestrictionsConnecticut: No RestrictionsDelaware: No RestrictionsDistrict of Columbia: No RestrictionsFlorida: Total BanGeorgia: Total BanHawaii: No RestrictionsIdaho: Total Ban (Blocked)Illinois: No RestrictionsIndiana: Total BanIowa: Total BanKansas: Total BanKentucky: Total BanLouisiana: Total BanMaine: No RestrictionsMaryland: No RestrictionsMassachusetts: No RestrictionsMichigan: No RestrictionsMinnesota: No RestrictionsMississippi: Total BanMissouri: Total BanMontana: Total BanNebraska: Total BanNevada: Mostly BannedNew Hampshire: Total Ban (Blocked)New Jersey: No RestrictionsNew Mexico: No RestrictionsNew York: No RestrictionsNorth Carolina: Total BanNorth Dakota: Total BanOhio: Total BanOklahoma: Total BanOregon: No RestrictionsPennsylvania: No RestrictionsRhode Island: No RestrictionsSouth Carolina: Total BanSouth Dakota: Total BanTennessee: Total BanTexas: Total BanUtah: Total Ban (Blocked)Vermont: No RestrictionsVirginia: Mostly BannedWashington: No RestrictionsWest Virginia: Total Ban (Blocked)Wisconsin: No RestrictionsWyoming: Total BanALAKAZCOFLGAINKSMEMNNCNDOKPASDTXWYMOWVILNMARCAHIIAKYMIMSMTNHNYOHORTNUTVAWAWINESCIDNVVTLAMARICTNJDEMDDC
Select a state to inspect its policy and sources.
Access / protection recognized1
No restriction reported20
Restriction reported25
Court limits reported5
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.