Alabama Extends Anti-Trans Sports Policy to Colleges and Universities
Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to that effect into law Tuesday.
May 31, 2023
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Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to that effect into law Tuesday.
At least seven states are considering anti-transgender bills after a record year for such legislation.
The Supreme Court has previously declined to weigh in on other high-profile cases concerning the rights of trans students.
In a time of unprecedented legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, the civil rights group is offering resources for fighting back.
House committees have advanced bills that would limit trans kids' participation in school sports and restrict their access to medical care.
A bill allowing discrimination by adoption agencies is headed to the governor, and an anti-trans "bathroom bill" likely will soon be as well.
The measure would have banned discussion of transgender idenity in public schools in grades K-7.
And it still opposes marriage equality, thanks to delegates like Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins.
State-level legislation aimed at transgender student athletes, along with anti-LGBTQ+ "religious freedom" bills, is proliferating.
Iowa's bill seeks to bar trans girls and women from female sports, while Utah's would set up a commission to determine trans athletes' eligibility.
Beginning in March, all single-occupancy public restrooms in the state must be open to all genders. California is the first state with such a law.
Bills seeking to restrict gender-affirming care have been introduced in 21 states so far this year — and in one of those, Utah, a bill has become law.
Ware said he didn't think "biological males should play in female sports."
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (pictured) signed trans-exclusionary sports legislation, as did Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Ducey also OK'd health care restrictions.
Similar legislation has failed before, but right-wing lawmakers are trying again.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has until the end of the day Tuesday to decide whether to sign or veto the discriminatory legislation.
The state is advancing Rep. Leigh Finke's bill to protect young trans people and their parents from out-of-state actions that would prevent or punish gender-affirming care.
This follows a year in which more than 550 were introduced and more than 80 passed into law.
The Republican governor now has to decide whether he will sign into law the bill that limit transgender people’s ability to go to which bathroom.
The other bills deal with sports, name changes, and pronouns.