Three States Just Advanced Anti-Trans Bills Amid a Nationwide Attack on Trans Rights
The election of an LGBTQ+ affirming president has not stopped the steady pace of anti-trans legislation cropping up nationwide. As the Equality Act awaits a vote in the Senate, multiple states advanced legislation targeting trans people this week.
Over the past few days, three different states — Alabama, Montana, and Tennessee — have advanced bills that endanger transgender rights in education and public accommodations, including limiting sports participation based on their gender identity, changes to birth certificates, and healthcare access for young trans people.
On Tuesday, Alabama legislators overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 10, otherwise known as the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. Sponsored by state Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville), the legislation prohibits trans people under the age of 19 from receiving gender-affirming medical care. If passed, it would be a Class C felony for doctors to prescribe hormones or puberty blockers to transgender youth, a crime punishable by a $15,000 fine or a maximum of 10 years in prison.
After SB 10 passed the Senate by a 23-4 margin, the bill is now up for consideration in the state House, where a similar measure has already been approved by the Judiciary Committee. The House version of the legislation, HB 1, also targets school faculty and staff by forcing them to out trans students to their families. It would prohibit them from withholding information from parents “related to a minor’s perception that his or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex.”
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