Key takeaways:
- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill into law that bans transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college.
- The bill has been met with criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, who argue that the bill will “exclude transgender youth from participating in sports and other activities.”
- The bill is the latest in a series of restrictions on transgender people in Alabama, including a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill into law that bans transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college. This bill expands the state’s existing 2021 ban on transgender athletes on K-12 sports teams to include college teams.
The bill is part of a wave of restrictions on transgender people being pushed in conservative states. It prohibits students assigned one sex at birth from playing under a different gender identity, even after undergoing hormone treatment.
The bill has been met with criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. The Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, released a statement saying that the bill is “discriminatory and dangerous.” They argue that the bill will “exclude transgender youth from participating in sports and other activities, and will send a message that they are not valued or respected.”
The bill has also been criticized by the NCAA, which has said that it will “closely examine the implications of this bill and how it might affect future events as well as our student-athletes and employees.”
The bill is the latest in a series of restrictions on transgender people in Alabama. In April, the state passed a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors. This bill is currently being challenged in court.
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