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| Region | Alabama |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | May 18, 1992 |
| End Date | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Description | In 1992, Alabama passed a law that prohibited schools from teaching that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle and required that schools teach that it is illegal in the state. 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 Regardless, teachers in Alabama still had to emphasize that homosexuality was illegal until it was repealed in 2021. |
| Sources | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2021/title-16/chapter-40a/section-16-40a-2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230106094335/https:/arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/E1921105.AA6.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date.
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| Start Date | 1992 | May 18, 1992 |
| Sources | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2021/title-16/chapter-40a/section-16-40a-2/ | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2021/title-16/chapter-40a/section-16-40a-2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230106094335/https:/arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/E1921105.AA6.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the entry.
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| Start Date | 1975 | 1992 |
| End Date | Jul 1, 2022 | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Description | AL HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey in April of 2021, amended Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis in the state's public sex education that "in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." 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. | In 1992, Alabama passed a law that prohibited schools from teaching that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle and required that schools teach that it is illegal in the state. 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 until it was repealed in 2021. |
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| Sources | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2021/title-16/chapter-40a/section-16-40a-2/ |
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| Description | AL HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey in April of 2021, amended Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis in the state's public sex education that "in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." In 2013 the US Supreme Court under LAWRENCE V. TEXAS made unconstitutional state anti-sodomy laws. Teachers in Alabama regardless still had to emphasize that homosexuality was illegal. | AL HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey in April of 2021, amended Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis in the state's public sex education that "in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." 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. |
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created by JerofDoorhandle
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| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | 1975 |
| End Date | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Description | AL HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey in April of 2021, amended Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis in the state's public sex education that "in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." In 2013 the US Supreme Court under LAWRENCE V. TEXAS made unconstitutional state anti-sodomy laws. Teachers in Alabama regardless still had to emphasize that homosexuality was illegal. |
| Sources | https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB385/2021 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/04/alabama-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-anti-gay-language-from-sex-education-curriculum/ |