Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition

We just use Bluesky and email (info@ALTRAC.works)! We don’t actively monitor our Facebook presence.

There’s still plenty of time to stop by Blue Apple Books and either pick up a book to donate on Saturday, or simply purchase one and leave it at Blue Apple for the book drive.

14 Main Street, Madison
10-6 Tues-Wed
10-8 Thurs-Sat
10-3 Sun
blueapplebookstore.com

More book drive info: altr.ac/queens

ALTRAC is proud to partner with @at-the-root.bsky.social, @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social, Shenanigans Comedy Theatre, and Blue Apple Books for this event. Connect with these great organizations: linktr.ee/diversityboo...

Marjorie Taylor Queens: Drag Queen Mafia, ft. Majesty Divine Saturday, June 28th, 4pm-7pm Campus 805 Butler Green Celebrate reading with a book drive benefiting the Diversity Library at Shenanigans Comedy Theatre, while Drag Queen Mafia presents book reviews on the green. Books may be dropped off at select Madison County businesses, or during the event itself. See the drop-off points here: https://altr.ac/queens Brought to you by: Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition At The Root Collective Rainbow Trouble Shenanigans Comedy Theatre The Diversity Library at Shenanigans Blue Apple Books

On June 28th, join ALTRAC as we celebrate reading with a book drive benefiting the Shenanigans Diversity Library, while Drag Queen Mafia presents book reviews on the green. Books may be dropped off at the event or at select Madison County businesses. See the drop-off locations here: altr.ac/queens

Good news: The deadname bill (HB246) is dead!

Bad news: the drag ban (HB67) and Don't Say Gay expansion (HB244) are still in play. Keep calling your AL Senator and demand they oppose both bills: altrac.works

PACK THE STATE HOUSE PUBLIC HEARING ALERT HB 67 Drag Ban & Trans Youth Erasure TUESDAY APRIL 29, 1:00 PM Room 825 HB 244 Don't Say Gay Expansion WEDNESDAY APRIL 30, 9:00 AM Room 320 ALABAMA STATE HOUSE 11 SOUTH UNION STREET These are the LAST anti-LGBTQIA public hearings in 2025. Now is the time to show up and stand against our erasure! Tap in at https://ALTRAC.works/

House Bills 67 and 244, both anti-trans bills, are up for public hearings in committee this week. Join ALTRAC in Montgomery tomorrow and Wednesday - let’s tell our legislators once again, Alabama does NOT need these bills!
(If you can’t tell them in person, call or write. We’ll help: altrac.works)

Another week, another vote on another bad bill. House Bill 246, yet another “Don’t Say Gay” bill (seriously), is slated for a vote in the House Education Policy committee tomorrow. Call and write to your rep today - HB246 needs to die in committee.
We’ll help you send a strong message: ALTRAC.works

Help block the “Don’t Say Gay” expansion in Alabama! House Bill 244 would expand the current prohibition on discussing queer topics in schools so that it would now restrict pre-kindergarten all the way through grade 12. It would also ban Pride insignias...

House Bill 244, the expansion of “Don’t Say Gay,” is slated for a vote in the House of Representatives tomorrow. Call and write to your rep tonight - even if you already did so when the bill was in Committee. Tell them to vote NO on HB244.
We’ll help: ALTRAC.works

HB244 is scheduled for a vote this Wednesday, April 9, and we’re not out of the woods on HB246 yet either. Call and write your rep and the Education Policy Committee members now - tell them to kill both of these “Don’t Say Gay” bills! We’ll show you how: ALTRAC.works

📚 Contact the Alabama Public Library Service and/or speak at the next board meeting on May 15. aplsws2.apls.state.al.us
⚖️ Tell your state legislators to oppose HB4, the Jail Librarians Bill, and to continue to fund their libraries. altrac.works

@at-the-root.bsky.social

Big shout to @50501movement.bsky.social for doing the heavy lifting at yesterday’s #HandsOff protest, resulting in one of Huntsville’s largest protests ever!💙 We couldn’t have done it without the support of all our local communities! #UnitedWeStandDividedWeFall @indivisible.org #Indivisible #Alabama

ALTRAC and @at-the-root.bsky.social continue our fight against the far-right extremists who are attempting to erase trans and queer Alabamians from public life by attacking the public library. Read our full statement here: altrac.link/apls

Tell your reps, unless they’re educating themselves on the trans community, they need to leave libraries AND trans folks alone: altrac.works

A funeral for the right to read. Join us as we mourn the loss of intellectual freedom in our libraries. Sunday, March 2 at 4:00pm. Big Spring Park West. Organized by At The Root Collective. The background is of a photo negative of a Christian cemetery.

Join @at-the-root.bsky.social at Big Spring Park this Sunday to mourn the loss of intellectual freedom in our libraries.

This week of the legislative session, we're tracking the "Trans Youth Erasure" and "Jail Librarians" bills, as well as two "Don't Say Gay" bills. What a mess!
Tell your representative to kill these poorly-written anti-queer bills before they leave committee. We'll show you how: altrac.works

Transcript: Tell Your Reps! We won't stand for criminalizing librarians, the LGBTQ+ community, or the Right to Read! Vote No on HB4. Joint campaign of At the Root Collective and the Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coaltion, altrac.works. The text overlays a photo of library shelves. The image also includes a QR code that goes to altract.works and the logos of At The Root Collective and ALTRAC.

We're teaming up with @altrac.works to combat AL HB4 (2025), which seeks to criminalize gender nonconformity and force library workers to censor trans and GNC materials and patrons. Please visit altrac.works and help us fight this and other transphobic legislation.

Keep pushing, y'all. Sign up for updates from ALTRAC, and contact your reps: altrac.works?src=bsky

The “What Is a Woman” Act has passed, but we’re not going to stop fighting. What we saw this week was a true turning point in Alabama queer rights history - YOU made a difference.

Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill putting sex-based terms into Alabama law • Alabama Reflector Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday signed a law that declares there are only two sexes and puts legal definitions of sex-based terms into statute.

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: “And now those of us who are actually affected by it will have to find a way to live under the discrimination it legalizes, because we certainly aren’t going anywhere,” said Allison Montgomery, a volunteer with the Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition.

Alabama would ban preferred pronouns, Pride flags from schools in proposed laws Educators would be required to use a student’s pronouns that are consistent with the student’s biological sex at birth.

"When the most vulnerable students feel seen and cared for, school is more united and safe for all."

My latest for @al.com on new bills targeting the Alabama LGBTQ community. With comments from @glaad.bsky.social and @altrac.works.

www.al.com/educationlab...

Can you make it to Montgomery to help us pack the State House, either tomorrow or Wednesday? Your show of solidarity makes a difference! altrac.works/watch/

Senate Bill 79 (SB79), the “What Is a Woman” Act, is slated for a hearing TOMORROW (Feb 11). House Bill 67 (HB67), which could punish innocent transgender Alabamians simply for being present at schools or libraries, has a hearing on Wednesday (Feb 12).
Call or write your reps now at altrac.works!

LGBTQ activists, allies rally in Montgomery: ‘Not going to take this quietly’ Lawmakers have prefiled bills that would again target some library activities and school and camp bathroom use.

Went to Montgomery today to cover the "March Without Labels" event. Hundreds showed up to demand LGBTQ rights. Story for @al.com www.al.com/news/2025/02...

On Feb 5, we’ll be hosting an Advocacy Day in Montgomery. Come make your voice heard by speaking to your lawmakers in person! We’ll help you prepare beforehand, too. altrac.link/stand

We've been helping to block anti-queer bills in the state legislature since 2023 — and it's working. If you're in Alabama, sign up for our email list! We'll keep you updated on the status of these bills and make it easy for you to make a difference. Welcome to the coalition. altrac.works