What is a woman?
Passing HB405 will make life even more difficult for Alabamians who don’t fit into traditional gender or sex categories.
anti-trans laws
House committee hears debate on bill defining sex-based terms
The bill would use biological sex determined at birth as the definition for the terms "man" and "woman."
Another march protesting anti-LGBTQ legislation planned for Sunday in Huntsville
The rally is specifically in response to the anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans bills that the Legislature passed during session.
March protesting anti-trans legislation planned for Tuesday
During last year’s session and the current session the legislature has passed numerous anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
New bill would extend Alabama’s “Don’t Say Gay” law to 8th grade
It would prohibit the discussion of gender identity or sexual orientation in public K-12 schools through 8th grade.
Another anti-trans sports bill passed out of a House committee
The bill would ban transgender athletes from participating in sports at public colleges and universities.
State has spent nearly $1.7M on experts, lawyers in transgender medical care suit
The state spent more than $500,000 on experts and nearly $1 million on legal counsel from influential D.C. law firm Cooper and Kirk.
APR’s top 5 political news stories of 2022
Alabama rarely fails to deliver when it comes to political news. 2022 was no exception.
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Jacob Holmes: My top five stories of 2022
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State appeals to lift injunction on law criminalizing treatment of transgender youth
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the state is criminalizing a treatment that is the standard of care, and is discriminating against transgender youth.