Alabama bans transgender female athletes from women's college sports
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Tuesday that prohibits transgender women from participating on female sports teams in college.
The state had previously banned transgender athletes from participating in female youth sports from grades K-12.
Under the law, students are prohibited from playing under a different gender identity even after undergoing hormone treatment.
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Alabama prohibits trans women from participating in female college sports.
"Look, if you are a biological male, you are not going to be competing in women’s and girls' sports in Alabama. It’s about fairness, plain and simple," Ivey said in a statement.
The movement for the college regulations began in April when legislation advanced in the middle of the month.
The K-12 ban was put in place in 2021.
"Forcing women to compete against biological men would reverse decades of progress that women have made for equal opportunity in athletics," Republican Rep. Susan DuBose, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee last month. Dubose said "no amount of hormone therapy can undo all those advantages" of being born male.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers her State of the State address March 7, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
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The bill says biological girls would not be allowed to participate in boys and men's sports.
The ban has drawn criticism from members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community.
Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey, Alabama state director of the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group