- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but banned for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Alabama show a discernible level of opposition to LGBTQ+ rights among the population.
History
Same-sex marriage in Alabama is legal.
The ruling states that "the right to marry is protected by the Constitution ... This analysis compels the conclusion that same-sex couples may exercise the right to marry"
Censorship of LGBT issues in Alabama is state-enforced.
An individual or group of individuals providing classroom instruction to students in kindergarten through the fifth grade at a public K-12 school shall not engage in classroom discussion or provide classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the implementation and enforcement of this section.
It was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey on April 7th 2022 and will go into effect on the first day of the third month following said signature.
In 2003 the US Supreme Court under LAWRENCE V. TEXAS made unconstitutional state anti-sodomy laws. Regardless, teachers in Alabama still had to emphasize that homosexuality was illegal.
Right to change legal gender in Alabama is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-affirming care in Alabama is legal, but banned for minors.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Alabama is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Alabama is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Alabama is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Alabama is no protections.
However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity. HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted housing in every state (March 2012)."
Same-sex adoption in Alabama is legal.
Alabama however allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means they can be refused adoption by some adoption agencies. They can also refuse to place a child with a next-of-kin family member if that family member happens to be LGBT.
Joint Adoption: Illegal for same-sex couples.
Second Parent Adoption: No legal under hostile Alabama case law regarding same-sex, second parent adoption. See Ex parte J.M.F., 730 So.2d 1190(Ala. 1998)
Intersex infant surgery in Alabama is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Alabama is legal.
A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being a Admiral being the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
Blood donations by MSMs in Alabama is legal.
Conversion therapy in Alabama is not banned.