Alabama LGBT

An Alabama bill that impacts college DEI programs, bathroom access has been in effect across the Yellowhammer State for about a week. The SB129 legislation prohibits public universities, K-12 school systems and state agencies in Alabama from maintaining DEI offices.

A Montgomery nonprofit is working to highlight the epidemic of hate-fueled crimes, their survivors and the advocacy to prevent the crimes. The Southern Poverty Law Center is holding its Hate Crimes Awareness Month multi-media campaign throughout October.

New federal protections for transgender students at U.S. schools and colleges have launched, but not everywhere, including in Alabama. Most Republican-led states challenged the rule from President Joe Biden's administration, took effect Thursday. In response, judges have blocked enforcement in 21 states plus hundreds of individual schools and colleges.

A federal judge has postponed the upcoming trial over Alabama's ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender youth until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case from Tennessee.

Advocacy for Alabama’s LGBTQ+ communities is continuing beyond the ending of Pride Month. The Alabama Latino Access Center is part of the social services of AIDS Alabama. The program works with medical providers and community liaisons to connect Latinx people with healthcare and other resources.

Invisible Histories in Birmingham collected its 150 LGBTQ+ archival last month after six years of working to preserve materials that represent the rich history of the southern LGBTQ+ community.

Invisible Histories, which locates, collects, researches and creates community-based, educational programming around LGBTQIA+ history in the Deep South, is hosting a virtual discussion about southern sapphic history. Registration for the event closes on Monday, June 24.

A new LGBTQ+ centered nonprofit is now open in the Gulf Coast region. Coloring the Eastern Shore is an organization focused on increasing visible support and creating a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community along the Eastern Shore and Baldwin

Alabamians have the opportunity to weigh in on state policy that would restrict the circulation of certain books to minors in public libraries. The Alabama Public Library Service is holding a public hearing on Tuesday, April 30 to discuss the proposal.

A nonprofit that works to address the needs of LGBTQ+ individuals in Alabama is inviting high school students to a night of dancing at a safe space. Prism United, an organization that advocates for the queer community in the state, is hosting Prism Prom 2024 on Saturday, April 27.