This project seeks to provide "travel advice" for trans travelers (and our companions) based on laws and practical safety within various jurisdictions.
If you are viewing this at https://TravelWhileTrans.com/, you can select a jurisdiction using the sidebar on the left. On mobile, you can click the "three bars" on the top left of the page which will pull out the sidebar (or turn your phone sideways).
It is not geared towards people already living in a jurisdiction. For instance, laws about medical insurance won't generally be mentioned, as most people traveling will have out-of-jurisdiction medical insurance. Likewise, laws about school athletics will not be mentioned as these generally don't impact travelers. However, information that might impact travelers in different situation will be mentioned. For instance, someone assigned to a business project for several months in a state may need to utilize medical care. Others may travel with children and be concerned about how this could be seen as child abuse or cause child custody issues.
This is also available as a PDF. This may be particularly useful to people needing to cite this information or who want to carry a copy with them on their mobile device. You can access the PDF version at https://TravelWhileTrans.com/output/trans-travel.pdf.
This is not legal advice, and is not put together by a lawyer. This information is not guaranteed to be up-to-date or accurate. You should consult with an attorney with any questions.
This guide is definitely incomplete, and contains only a handful of jurisdictions at this time. Contributions of additional jurisdictions are always appreciated.
This directory is focused on laws and safety concerns that generally impact trans people. However, not all trans people have the same safety concerns, which is why I've refrained from saying a state might be "safe" or "dangerous" directly, or giving scores/grades/etc. For instance, a wealthy trans person may be able to more safely visit a specific jurisdiction than someone without class privilege. Likewise, a person with white privilege might be safe in a place where a person who does not have that privilege might not. The intent is to not erase these legitimate intersectional concerns, but to be a starting point for your research.
You can view changes to the travel guide here.
Trans people have always existed, and still do exist across all cultures. A jurisdiction may be unsafe or have bad laws, but there will still be trans people within that jurisdiction, and it's important to consider them before fully writing off a state or country as not worth a fight. In addition, there are accepting, open-minded allies in every jurisdiction as well.
In addition, in both good and bad jurisdictions, there will be good and bad treatment of trans people. The summaries in this project attempt to summarize the situation for people, but they are just summaries. Any one individual's situation may be different than what others face, both good and bad.
This project welcomes contributions via pull requests or email to Joelle Maslak [email protected].
The project is also available on Github as https://github.com/trans-travel/trans-travel
Particularly interesting is general information from people that know the location, beyond just what the laws say. If you know a city has a great neighborhood for trans people, or that there is a disparity between how one area of the country or state treats people and another, this is extremely valuable information!
This project also welcomes contributions of new jurisdictions! To add a new jurisdiction, please utilize the template in template.md if you can.
This is licensed Creative Commons Zero (CC0) 1.0.