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Transgender Alabama woman to lawmakers considering treatment ban: ‘Talk to one of these kids’ Updated Mar 16, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 Jessica Fuller of Hokes Bluff, 21, talks about her opposition to a bill to ban puberty-blockers and hormones as transgender treatments for minors in Alabama. Facebook Share A month after her 16th birthday, Jessica Fuller took a long walk as she wrestled with whether to tell her father she was transgender. She wrote a note, rewrote it over and over, and left it in his desk at home. She thought about throwing it away. “I was hoping he didn’t see it, b...

Anti-trans health care bill would force Alabama schools to out transgender students to their parents In addition to penalizing doctors, bill would force school officials to inform parents if their child's gender-nonconformity 698SHARES Alabama State Capitol – Photo: Carol M. Highsmith. Alabama Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill that would bar transgender youth under the age of 19 from accessing gender-affirming medical care and also contains a provision to force school authorities to out transgender children to their parents. The bill, proposed by State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), is call...

Alabama Father Testifies Passionately Against Trans Treatment Ban February 12 2021 1:55 PM EST Alabama is advancing a bill that would make it a felony to prescribe puberty blockers and other treatment for transgender young people, despite a father’s moving testimony about his trans daughter. The Alabama Senate Health Committee Wednesday approved Senate Bill 10, the so-called Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, by a vote of 11-2, sending it to the full Senate, reports AL.com, a website for several Alabama newspapers. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on its version of...

Father of transgender daughter tells Alabama lawmakers treatment ban is misguided Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 David Fuller, a sergeant with the Gadsden Police Department, tells the Alabama House Judiciary Committee about his experiences as a single father with a transgender daughter. Facebook Share Alabama lawmakers today heard from supporters and opponents of a bill that would make it a felony to prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or hormones as transgender therapies for minors with gender dysphoria. They heard from doctors on both sides of the debate and from an 80-year-old w...