The Alabama legislature has passed Senate Bill 79, known as the 'What is a Woman Act' or the 'Trans Erasure Act', which defines females based on reproductive systems and bans preferred pronouns and Pride flags in schools. The bill has been met with criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups who argue that it discriminates against transgender individuals and erases their identities.
Heather Gann | [email protected]“SB79 ignores science and erases Alabamians,” wrote self-identified progressive group Unmute Alabama in a post to X on Wednesday.
“We are saddened that after multiple years fighting variations of this bill, Senate Bill 79, the so-called ‘What is a Woman Act,’ or, as we know it, the Trans Erasure Act, is headed to Governor Ivey’s desk.” Workers who move to Alabama could receive up to $30,000 in tax credit under proposed law: How it worksSupporters of the bill say it is a commonsense measure that would protect women in single sex spaces, such as restrooms and locker rooms.
“These efforts to redefine sex and prevent transgender and intersex people from living as the gender they know themselves to be are connected to a larger strategy to push transgender and intersex people out of public and civic life,” Robinson wrote.
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