Musk, who has a transgender daughter, has previously said he 'supports trans'.
ADVERTISEMENTBillionaire Elon Musk says he's moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California, citing his opposition to a gender-identity law.
Musk posted on X Tuesday that he plans on moving SpaceX from Hawthorne, California to the company's rocket launch site dubbed Starbase in Texas. X will move to Austin from San Francisco.
He called a new law signed Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom that bars school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change the "final straw".
"I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children," Musk wrote.
Tesla, where Musk is CEO, moved its corporate headquarters to Austin from Palo Alto, California in 2021.
Musk has also said that he has moved his residence from California to Texas, where there is no state personal income tax.
SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets from the southern tip of Texas at Boca Chica Beach, near the Mexican border at a site called Starbase.
The company’s smaller Falcon 9 rockets take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and southern California.
Musk has become increasingly outspoken about politics, having endorsed former US president Donald Trump for the 2024 election and reportedly plans to contribute $45 million (€41 million) per month to a pro-Trump committee super PAC.
Trump is expected to roll back transgender rights if elected this year.
Musk, who has a transgender daughter, has previously said he "supports trans" but also told the Financial Times his daughter's decision was caused by "neo-Marxists".
He also said last year he would lobby to criminalise transgender medical treatment that would lead to what he said was "severe, irreversible changes to children below the age of consent".
