LGBTQ Rights

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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 (LGBTQ) 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 LGBTQ rights case in 1936, the ACLU has been involved in many high-profile legal challenges to discriminatory laws and policies that impact the LGBTQ community. The ACLU of Alabama recently enjoyed a major victory for LGBTQ rights by challenging and succeeding in overturning the state’s discriminatory law banning gay men and lesbians from adopting.

The ACLU’s LGBTQ rights strategy is based on the belief that fighting for the society we want means not just persuading judges and government officials, but ultimately changing the way society thinks about LGBTQ people. To end discrimination, the ACLU seeks both to change the law and to convince Americans that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination is wrong.

The Latest

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Black Queer Visionaries Resource Guide

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Pride Runs Deep in Alabama

News & Commentary
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Blog Post: What Trans Alabamians Already Know About The Election

Over the past four years, a wave of damning legislation has threatened the lives of many LGBTQ+ Alabamians, especially our state's trans community.
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Black Trans Futures

Legislation
May 09, 2023

HB 405 - “What is a Woman” Act

HB405 proposes a series of definitions that will apply to the Code of Alabama 1975—all of Alabama’s existing legislation. The act, called “What is a Woman”, would define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, and sex.
Position: Oppose
Legislation
May 09, 2023

HB 401 - Drag Ban

House Bill 401, if passed, would define drag shows as “sexual conduct”. By doing this, the bill would prevent drag shows from taking place in public or where minors are present.
Position: Oppose
Legislation
May 09, 2023

HB 354 - “Don’t Say Gay” Extension

HB354 will expand the ban that was passed in 2022 by the Alabama state legislature.
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Apr 10, 2023

HB 261 / SB211 – Trans Athletes College Sports Ban

HB 261 would require public institutions of higher education to restrict men’s sports to biological males and women’s sports to biological females.
Position: Oppose