I went to Alabama to unrstand what our untry’s anti-gay backlash looks like on the ground — and what really means to fight back.
Contents:
- ALABAMA ERNOR SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY,' TRANS RE AND BATHROOM BAN BILLS
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ALABAMA
ALABAMA ERNOR SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY,' TRANS RE AND BATHROOM BAN BILLS
The ACLU of Alabama works to create a Alabama ee of discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. This means a Alabama where lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQ) people n live openly, where our inti, relatnships and fai are rpected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, schools, hog, public plac, health re, and * lgbt alabama *
That legislatn also clud a modified versn of Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law, which went further than the origal by banng all “classroom discsn” of sexual orientatn or genr inty gras K-5. ” Meanwhile, Katie and her mother are weighg whether to take her out of her sophomore year of high school and away om the rt of their fay. This means a Alabama where lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQ) people n live openly, where our inti, relatnships and fai are rpected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, schools, hog, public plac, health re, and ernment programs.
The ACLU of Alabama recently enjoyed a major victory for LGBTQ rights by challengg and succeedg overturng the state’s discrimatory law banng gay men and lbians om adoptg.
The world watched a gay ngrsman lead the vote to dify natnal regnn of same-sex and terracial marriage, and the gran of the L. I chose to e here not bee Alabama has one of the strongt rerds of homophobic legislatn the untry or bee is one of the few stat where ls than half of the populatn supports feral protectns for gay marriage.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ALABAMA
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I me here bee the last time I was Alabama, 2017, I had one of the bt nights of my life, at a gay bar wh a bunch of queer people I had jt the time, I was the edor of HuffPost, and I was town wh a group of lleagu as part of a cross-untry b tour we did, terviewg people about the state of Ameri along the way. It was long before the phrase “don’t say gay” entered the popular vernacular and before the word “groomer” me roarg back to circulatn as a slur hurled at queer people. Gay bars had bee prime statns for straight bachelorette parti, much to the chagr of many gay wasn’t jt media and society.
Supreme Court cisns affirmg the right to same-sex marriage seemed to have paved the way to mastream acceptance of gays and lbians. Jon spoke proudly of havg a gay son. Lookg back, I nnot help wonrg now whether what looked the 2010s like an unstoppable march toward mastream acceptance of gay and lbian people was perhaps more of a wobble.