Two bills targeting the LGBTQ community passed on Thursday.
Highlights
- Two bills targeting the LGBTQ community passed on Thursday.
- SB 184, the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, would ban gender-affirming care to minors under 18.
- HB 322 would ban trans students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
- The Trevor Project has condemned the passage of such bills as an attack on bodily autonomy for trans youth and their families.
- Alabama is one of several Republican-led states backing such bills.
- An amendment to this bill would also prohibit classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade in public K-12 schools in the state’s public schools due to a last-minute amendment.