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ALABAMA ERNOR SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY,' TRANS RE AND BATHROOM BAN BILLS
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GAYT PLAC IN ALABAMA FOR 2020
The first and most endurg award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the Amerin Library Associatn's Rabow Round Table. Sce Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptnal mer relatg to the gay/lbian/bisexual/transgenr experience. * ala lgbt *
Biblgraphy for Gay Teens Used the "Gay Teens The 21st Century: Accs To The Future" Prenference. John Bel Edwards’ recent bill rejectns, which clud blockg a genr-affirmg re ban for transgenr youths and the state’s versn of “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn.
The Democratic ernor blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn om beg law Friday, June 30, 2023, cludg the state’s versn of a “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a ban on genr-affirmg medil re for transgenr youths. Louisiana lawmakers also attempted to overturn two other ntroversial LGBTQ+ bills that Edwards vetoed; a “ Don’t Say Gay ” bill that broadly bars teachers om discsg genr inty and sexual orientatn public school classrooms; and a measure requirg public school teachers to e the pronouns and nam that align wh what stunts were assigned at birth.
This year alone, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were troduced 41 stat, acrdg to data llected by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights anizatn.