Alabama

The party has long been accused of using racism to excite its mostly white voter base.

The Alabama AG argued that gender-affirming treatments are not “deeply rooted in this nation’s history and tradition.”

Most anti-LGBTQ bills will be implemented today. Is your state on the list?

Ken Paxton, Kay Ivey, and other Republicans who built careers on attacking LGBTQ people won their primaries.

“After which failed pregnancy should I have been imprisoned?” Rep. Lucy McBath asked.

Tim James is running for governor of Alabama, and he is trying to make a name for himself as the meanest candidate in the field.

Doctors who provide gender-affirming care to trans young people could get 10 years of prison in a first-of-its-kind law.

And there’s a photo from his yearbook.

Alabama wants to send doctors to jail for treating transgender kids. They and their patients are suing the state.

“Just don’t you dare call me a friend after this,” Rep. Neil Lafferty said as he left the stand.

Alabama’s Don’t Say Gay bill, if passed, will be worse than Florida’s.

The bills would make it harder – or even ban – presenting books in class that talk about LGBTQ people.

It’s still rough out there, but there are signs of hope.

The bill has already passed the Senate.

There is a “beast with three heads” threatening the state, the challenger says. Want to guess what the third one is?

The campus preacher had signs that said women “belong in the kitchen, they shouldn’t be in college.” One student couldn’t take it anymore.

A bunch of franchises say they are “in the middle of a hiring crisis” and “labor shortage” while conservatives blame “lazy” workers. They can’t imagine any other reasons why no one wants to work there.

The non-discrimination ordinance would protect LGBTQ people and keep businesses from fleeing town. It still didn’t pass – and council members have different excuses as to why.

Trans youth and their supporters protested in front of the state’s capitol to stop the attack on their rights. And the bill failed.

The serial bank robber threatened tellers with notes to get money that she used to fly to Mexico for surgery.