New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances
Alabama GOP Rep. Barry Moore wants to enshrine discrimination against transgender people into federal law.
May 15 2025 3:33 PM
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Alabama
Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
April 18 2025 3:38 PM
Rachel Levine's potential replacement once said trans youth should undergo 'corrective care'
Also, while the Alabama doctor says he’s never treated transgender patients, records reveal that he did offer surgical care to transgender men.
April 14 2025 4:04 PM
GOP senator claims ‘entire men’s teams’ are transitioning. There’s no evidence of that because it’s not true
Sen. Tommy Tuberville's office did not return The Advocate's request about evidence supporting these claims.
April 07 2025 4:38 PM
Alabama community saves library after funding cut over LGBTQ+ books
Read Freely Alabama and concerned citizens raised over $43,000 in less than a week for the Fairhope Public Library.
March 31 2025 5:10 AM
An Alabama city banned an LGBTQ+ Pride float from its Christmas parade. It marched anyways
Prattville Pride was able to march in the city's Christmas parade despite being banned the day prior after swift action from a federal judge.
December 09 2024 4:12 PM
These are the 5 states with the smallest amount of LGBTQ+ people
The states with the fewest queer people are also some of the states proposing and passing the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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December 04 2024 1:20 PM
Right-wing extremists force cancellation of LGBTQ+ book event in Alabama
The event, scheduled initially at a brewery, was rescheduled at a Books-A-Million store in Mobile.
July 15 2024 10:29 AM
Gender-affirming care case attorneys face Alabama federal judge over misconduct accusations
The 11 attorneys are accused of “judge-shopping.”
June 25 2024 2:30 PM
Trump-appointed Alabama judge threatens to jail LGBTQ+ rights lawyers; attorneys fight back
Judge Liles Burke is trying to force the lawyers to reveal what they argue is attorney-client privileged information.
May 21 2024 3:53 PM
Alabama forces universities to implement trans bathroom ban while outlawing DEI
In banning funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, Alabama also forced state universities to “designate restrooms on the basis of biological sex.”
March 21 2024 3:55 PM
GOP lawmakers call for Alabama space camp employee to be fired, simply for being transgender
A Facebook post about a transgender employee at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s educational program has led to far-right attacks from Libs of TikTok, Sen. Tommy Tuberville and others.
March 18 2024 12:57 PM
Alabama Supreme Court endangers IVF access by ruling frozen embryos are people
In a notable union of church and state, the Alabama Supreme Court cited Christian faith as reason to jeopardize access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).
February 20 2024 4:59 PM
Alabama can enforce law criminalizing gender-affirming care, court rules
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in 2022, and it was the subject of a lawsuit almost immediately.
January 11 2024 7:35 PM
For Families in the South Struggling to Find Gender-Affirming Care, Small Grants Make a Huge Difference
Across the South, families of transgender youth who want to find gender-affirming care for their children are wading through a morass of pending legal cases and being turned away at pharmacies without crucial information on what their rights are.
December 03 2023 1:02 PM
Conservative Media Outlet 1819 News Under Fire for Outing Alabama Mayor Who Died
The Alabama media outlet that outed Mayor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, a Baptist preacher who died by suicide afterward, has come under harsh criticism.
November 26 2023 9:00 AM
Alabama Mayor, Pastor Dies by Suicide After Being Involuntarily Outed as Transgender Woman
Smiths Station Mayor F.L. ‘Bubba’ Copeland’s death shocks a heartbroken community after a local news blog exposed his transgender identity.
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November 04 2023 8:41 AM
Children’s Book Added to Book Ban List Because Author’s Last Name Is ‘Gay’
The library’s executive director confirmed the book was listed because of the word “gay.”
October 09 2023 2:00 PM
Alabama Officials Trash $16,500 in Teacher Manuals Because They Were Too 'Woke': Report
“Woke” pre-K manual sparks controversy, leads to one official’s exit, and thousands in discarded educational resources.
October 07 2023 9:00 AM
Sylvia Swayne Aims to Make History as Alabama’s First Trans State Representative
Swayne came in second during a primary this week and will head to a runoff election.
September 28 2023 1:00 PM