{"id":506401,"date":"2022-04-11T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/kay-ivey\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:38","slug":"kay-ivey","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/kay-ivey\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay Ivey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Signed<\/a> legislation<\/a> (SB 184) on that prevents medical professionals from providing care that aids transgender young people in transitioning, threatening doctors and nurses with up to ten years in prison. The new law criminalizes doctors for providing best-practice, gender-affirming care to transgender and nonbinary youth, making it a felony to prescribe hormones or puberty-blocking medication or perform gender-affirming surgeries. The law prevents educators and school nurses from encouraging students to withhold from their parents \u201cthe fact that the minor\u2019s perception of his or her gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor\u2019s sex,\u201d putting many young transgender people at risk of alienation, neglect, or abuse from guardians if they are forced to come out in unsafe environments. Every major medical association in the US supports gender affirming care for trans youth.<\/p>\n

\u2014Approved<\/a> a bathroom bill<\/a> (HB 322) that requires students to use restrooms and locker rooms for the sex listed on their original birth certificates. The same new law limits classroom discussions on gender and sexual orientation, a version of the a \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d measure that goes further than some other states.<\/p>\n

\u2014Signed<\/a> an anti-transgender bill (HB 391) into law requiring all Alabama athletes in K-12 public school to compete in sports based on the sex they were assigned at birth.<\/p>\n

\u2014Signed<\/a> House Bill 24 into law. The new law allows taxpayer-funded child placement agencies to discriminate against qualified parents based on the agency\u2019s moral or religious beliefs. The law was specifically introduced to allow agencies to refuse adoption and foster care services to qualified LGBTQ parents.<\/p>\n

\u2014Stated<\/a> that she is against COVID vaccine mandates under the opinion that it should \u201cbe a families choice\u201d while further stating families of transgender youth shouldn\u2019t have the choice to provide their child gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":506402,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138632],"class_list":{"0":"post-506401","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-politics"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t