Alabama GOP Bill Would Define “Male” And “Female”

The Birmingham News reports:

Alabama soon could legally define what makes someone a man or a woman. “We feel that it needs to be defined because not everyone has the same version of the meaning anymore,” said Rep. Susan DuBose, who sponsored HB111. Bills in both the state House and Senate seek to define the terms “male,” “female,” “boy”, and “girl” under state law and allow state and local public entities to create single-sex spaces based on those definitions.

A female body produces ova according to the bill. Males are defined similarly as individuals who have produced sperm. Alison Montgomery, a transgender woman from District 2 spoke against the legislation. “It’ll force (trans) men whose bodies produces ova into women’s spaces. Some of these men have taken testosterone for years and have developed full beards. They do not belong in the women’s bathroom.”

Read the full article. In the video below, DuBose speaks about the bill before the local chapter of the Dead Phyllis Schlafly Eagle Forum. As you can see below, she’s also a supporter of banning books. As is so often with these anti-LGBTQ bills, DuBose is a freshman.

A large crowd this morning at the Alabama Public Library Service meeting where Rep. Susan Debose (@sdubose1) plans to speak against gender identity content in libraries.#ALPolitics pic.twitter.com/lrmHPEatNM

— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) September 13, 2023