Gay rights in alabama
An Update on Anti-Transgender Legislation in Alabama
During the final hours of their legislative session, Alabama lawmakers passed a sweeping package of anti-transgender legislation. Governor Kay Ivey fast signed this discriminatory slate of bills into regulation, and in doing so stripped transgender youth of life-saving resources and further isolated them from their peers and communities. The laws feature some of the most anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-transgender legislation, creating an untenable environment for our community in Alabama.
SB 184: This law makes it a felony — punishable by up to ten years in prison — to provide gender-affirming tend . Arkansas passed the only other gender-affirming care prohibit into law last year and it was immediately challenged and blocked in court. SB 184 also forces educators to “out” children to their parents.
HB 322: This rule bans K-12 students from using bathrooms and university facilities consistent with their gender identity. Additionally, the law bans conversations about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms for grades K-5, similar to Florida’s recent “Don’t Speak Gay or Trans” bill.
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LGBT Rights
The ACLU of Alabama works to create a Alabama free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This means a Alabama where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can live openly, where our identities, relationships and families are respected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, in schools, housing, public places, health care, and government programs.
Since taking its first LGBT rights case in 1936, the ACLU has been involved in many high-profile legal challenges to discriminatory laws and policies that impact the LGBT community. The ACLU of Alabama recently enjoyed a major victory for LGBT rights by challenging and succeeding in overturning the state’s discriminatory commandment banning gay men and lesbians from adopting.
The ACLU’s LGBT rights approach is based on the belief that fighting for the society we hope means not just persuading judges and government officials, but ultimately changing the way society thinks about LGBT people. To termination discrimination, the ACLU seeks both to change the law and to convince Americans that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination is wrong.
HRC Condemns Alabama Governor for Signing Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Sports Ban; Becomes State’s Second Sports Ban and Fourth Anti-LGBTQ+ Law in Two Years
by HRC Staff •
Montgomery, Alabama – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, queer , bisexual, transgender and gay (LGBTQ+) civil rights company — condemned Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for signing HB 261, which bans transgender university students from participating in sports consistent with their gender culture. HB 261 is Alabama’s second anti-transgender sports prohibit, and fourth anti-LGBTQ+ rule in two years. Last year, Alabama passed the most anti-transgender state legislative package in history.
Advocates for women and girls in sports support trans-inclusive policies and oppose efforts to exclude transgender students from participating in sports. This includes the National Women’s Law Center, the Women’s Sports Foundation, Women Leaders in College Sports, and others — including prominent female athletes like Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, and Cheryl Reeve. That’s because while there are real issues facing women’s sports, inc
Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Persona in Alabama
Key Findings
- In total, there are approximately 120,000 LGBT adults in Alabama, and 73,400 LGBT people in Alabama’s workforce.
- Surveys signal that LGBT people in Alabama experience discrimination. For example, a 2014 survey of LGBT people in Alabama found that 24% reported experiencing employment discrimination and 38% reported experiencing harassment at work because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition, 41% of respondents reported that they are not “out” at operate due to fear of not being considered for advancement or development opportunities.
- National surveys also confirm that discrimination against LGBT workers persists. For example, a 2013 Pew Research Center survey found that 21% of LGBT respondents had been treated unfairly by an employer in hiring, pay, or promotions.
- When non-binary people are surveyed separately, they report similar or higher levels of discrimination. For example, the 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey found that among respondents from the South, 92% reported experiencing harassment or mistreatment on the position, 30% reported losi
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