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Alabama right wing scapegoats LGBTQ people as crisis escalates May 4, 2021 12:42 PM CDT By People’s World Correspondents
Protesters in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, March 30, 2021. | Jake Crandall / The Montgomery Advertiser via AP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB 391 into law on April 23, which when it comes into effect, will ban transgender individuals from participating in sporting events that align with their gender.
Specifically, it bans schools from allowing students to compete against those who are not their “biological gender” unless the event specifically allows in their words “both biological genders” and is set to be put into effect three months after the signing.
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Alabama right wing scapegoats LGBTQ people as crisis escalates May 4, 2021 12:42 PM CDT By People’s World Correspondents
Protesters in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, March 30, 2021. | Jake Crandall / The Montgomery Advertiser via AP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB 391 into law on April 23, which when it comes into effect, will ban transgender individuals from participating in sporting events that align with their gender.
Specifically, it bans schools from allowing students to compete against those who are not their “biological gender” unless the event specifically allows in their words “both biological genders” and is set to be put into effect three months after the signing.
Alabama held onto its congressional seats when Census numbers came out Monday, staving off a potential Survivor -like contest among the state’s U.S. House delegation.
But when redistricting begins later this year, there could be a push to draw a second majority-minority district for the congressional delegation.
It is a long shot for Democrats who could watch redistricting from the sidelines, and unlikely to appeal to Republicans with a shot at recapturing the U.S. House of Representatives next year. But it is something the state party says it will push for, possibly to federal court.
“It’s not representative and it’s a direct result of political gerrymandering,” said Wade Perry, the executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party. “I don’t know if a second majority-minority district is possible. (But) I think more than one congressional district should be competitive.”
Medical marijuana debate continues for Alabama lawmakers
According to lawmakers, the bill is ready for its third reading on the house floor
Lawmakers discuss latest on medical marijuana in Alabama By Tiffany Thompson | April 27, 2021 at 7:33 AM CDT - Updated April 27 at 7:33 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Alabama lawmakers are debating whether medical marijuana should be allowed in the state, and as we near the end of the legislative session we may have an answer soon. My hips hurt all the time, my shoulder hurts all the time, but I have one lady in my Sunday school and she’s in chronic pain. She needs help.”