A new review of legislation considered in the 2022 Alabama Legislative Session revealed that one in six bills introduced by lawmakers would make it easier to arrest, convict, and sentence Alabamians to prison.

Two Alabama families filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a recently passed law that criminalizes medical professionals who provide care to transgender adolescents with up to 10 years in prison. The families say being denied medically necessary care will be devastating for their children.

Today, the Alabama Legislature passed House Bill 322. This is an egregious attack on Alabama transgender youth by state lawmakers. Make no mistake, this legislation is part of a systematic and growing attack on trans people, particularly trans youth, in all aspects of life.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, and Cooley LLP announced today plans to file a legal challenge to proposed legislation in Alabama that would criminalize medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender adolescents.

A federal appeals court has for the first time heard arguments in a case involving accurate gender markers on IDs for transgender people.

The Alabama legislature concluded its regular session for 2021 last night without advancing Senate Bill 10, which would have criminalized health care for transgender youth.

The ACLU, the ACLU of Alabama, Lambda Legal, and Cooley LLP announced today plans to file a legal challenge to proposed legislation in Alabama that, as currently written, would criminalize medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth with up to 10 years in prison.

Today, legislation (HB1) that would make it a felony for a medical professional to follow best practices and provide necessary treatment to a transgender young person was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee.

Today, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed the state’s appeal in a lawsuit over requirements for changing gender markers on state driver’s licenses.