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April 11, 2022

Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Trans Bills
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Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey has signed a pair of bills
targeting trans people and those who assist them. One bill outlaws
gender-affirming medicine for transgender youth and makes it a felony to
provide such care, while a second bill requires students to use
bathrooms and locker rooms based on sex assigned at birth rather than
their gender identity. An amendment to the second bill, modeled after
Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, bars classroom discussions of gender
identity and sexual orientation for children through the fifth grade.
Lawmakers in at least 19 states have recently proposed bills limiting or
criminalizing healthcare services for transgender youth. 


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