Two bills targeting the LGBTQ community passed on Thursday.
The Alabama legislature has passed two bills focusing on transgender youth: SB 184, which would ban gender-affirming care, and HB 322, which would ban trans students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. HB 322 also limits LGBTQ content in classrooms due to a last-minute amendment.
For instance, the bill would ban minors from receiving gender-affirming"surgical procedures," but in Alabama, such surgeries aren't allowed until a patient reaches the age of legal majority for medical decisions, which is 19. "We don't want parents to be abusing their children. We don't want to make that an option, because that's what it is; it's child abuse. This is just to protect children," Shelnutt said Feb. 23 on the state Senate floor.
HB 322 would require students in public K-12 schools to only use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their assigned sex at birth.
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