Criminal,
Civil Rights
Oct. 2, 2025
Judge shopping or justice denied? Trans attorney faces felony charge
A criminal case against a trans civil rights attorney over a quickly corrected misstatement raises troubling questions about fairness and retaliation in the legal battle over gender-affirming care in Alabama.
In recent years, the legal battle to secure the rights of transgender people has been one ridden with contention, particularly in Republican-dominated states.
A couple of years ago, a federal appellate court in Alabama ruled that the state could impose a blanket ban on the use of gender-affirming prescriptive drugs to treat transgender youth. Enforcement measures of the ban include, but are not limited to, jail time for medical physicians who engage in ...
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