Ala. extends ban on transgender female athletes to universities
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed House Bill 261, which limits transgender students to playing sports in public colleges and universities only with “their biological sex assigned at birth.” “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,” said Ivey in a statement released by her office. House Bill 261 was approved 26-4 in the Alabama Senate and 83-5 in the House of Representatives.
In the vote in the House more than a dozen lawmakers abstained from the vote. Ivey had previously signed legislation in 2021 banning trans female athletes from competing in K-12 girls sports.
At the time she signed that bill the governor had noted that “Alabama remains committed to protecting female athletes at all levels and upholding the integrity of athletics.” Carmarion D.
