Transitics' Comprehensive Anti-Trans Policy and Litigation Map 2.0
Introducing Transitics' new and improved trans policy tracker!
Last year, I created the Comprehensive Anti-Trans Policy and Litigation Map, or CATPALM, with the aim of making trans policy research more accessible. At the time, it was a pretty short project, but it quickly became apparent that it was far from complete. Since then, I’ve continued to pour hours into tracking trans policies, and during this period, many more states have moved to quietly restrict trans people’s rights—in some cases doing so with no announcement of any kind. This is my way to ensure they don’t get away with that.
Overall, the feedback I’ve received has been incredibly positive. But I think I can do better. So, without further ado, I present to you CATPALM 2.0!
I’ve made the following changes:
Simplified all maps and added keys
Assigned ratings to each state’s policy, from ‘Most Progressive’ to ‘Most Restrictive’
Mapped each state’s overall policy score, ranging from 8 to -9
Added a number of new columns for some policy fields, including a 2 year risk rating for bathrooms, identity documents, and Medicaid
Added enactment dates for policies surrounding bathrooms and documents to better quantify state-by-state efforts to restrict trans people
Other fields were more difficult to quantify and/or the data seemed fairly useless
Updated the map color palettes to blue-red in order to improve readability for those with red-green colorblindness
Reorganized the tracker
Jump to:
Identity Documents
Care Access
Prisons
Aleksandra, suggest placing ‘prison housing’ right after ‘bathrooms’. I have very effective conversations with family and friends using your maps, and saying in one unbroken sentence:
I’m not allowed to pee HERE… And I’m not willing to risk it because THESE states will put me in a cage with the men…
What an impressive amount of work!
Today in Hawai`i, the state senate will vote on HB1875, a shield law to protect transgender care for youth. Let's hope it passes!