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Alabama Extends Ban On Males Competing In Women’s Sports To Include Collegiate Athletics

  Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey  signed  legislation Tuesday extending the state’s ban on biological males competing in women’s sport...

 Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation Tuesday extending the state’s ban on biological males competing in women’s sports to include college sports teams.

The new legislation expands on a 2021 law that banned transgender-identified men from competing on women’s sports teams at the K-12 level. The law mandated that students play in sports leagues corresponding with their biological sex regardless of whether or not they have undergone cross-sex hormone treatment.

“Look, if you are a biological male, you are not going to be competing in women’s and girls’ sports in Alabama,” Ivey said in a statement, adding that “It’s about fairness, plain and simple.”

Alabama State Director of the Human Rights Campaign Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey spoke out in opposition to the legislation, arguing that the new law is part of a “systematic attack against LGBTQ+ people.” Anderson-Harvey went on to claim that “extremist lawmakers” are making Alabama “an increasingly hostile place for transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community as a whole.”

The bill passed the Alabama State Senate by a vote of 26-4 and was approved in the State House by a vote of 83-5. Alabama is just one of many states to pass legislation defending women’s sports. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas, among others currently in litigation, have passed similar legislation.

 

Meanwhile, Alabama’s new law comes as numerous Republican states pass legislation in opposition to transgender ideology. Texas recently became the latest state to pass legislation banning the performance of drag shows in front of children. The bill now awaits Governor Greg Abbott’s signature. Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, and Montana have all passed similar pieces of legislation.

In addition, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah, and Iowa are among the list of states that have passed legislation banning the administration of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex change operations on minors.

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