Press Releases

ACLU, Lambda Legal Respond to Failure of Alabama Bill Criminalizing Health Care for Trans Youth

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.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

ACLU, ACLU of Alabama, and Lambda Legal to Challenge State Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans 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.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

ACLU of Alabama Comment on Bill Banning Curbside Voting

Today, the Senate General Affairs Committee voted favorably on HB285, a bill that would ban curbside voting.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Alabama Comment on HFOA Repeal Bill Passing Committee

Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted favorably on HB107, a bill that would repeal Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA).
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Alabama Comment on Anti-Trans Bill Passing Committee 

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.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

State of Alabama Appeals Federal Ruling Allowing Transgender People to Change Gender Markers on ID 

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.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Federal Court Finds Alabama’s Driver’s License Policy Violates Rights of Transgender People

A federal court ruled today that Alabama’s policy of explicitly requiring surgery — or a court order that typically requires proof of surgery — before issuing transgender people an accurate driver’s license was unconstitutional.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights