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There’s another chance to send a postcard to the APLS board: come see us at Gold Sprint Coffee tomorrow (12 October) between 11am and 5pm. As always, we’ll make sure you get to say your piece.
Have you written to the APLS board to tell them to reject the proposed code changes which would ban trans-positive materials from Alabama libraries?
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
October 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
There’s another chance to send a postcard to the APLS board: come see us at Gold Sprint Coffee tomorrow (12 October) between 11am and 5pm. As always, we’ll make sure you get to say your piece.
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🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
Reposted by Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition
Join @splcenter.org, Empowering Women's Causes, @altrac.works, and @readfreelyal.bsky.social on Thursday, 10/9 for an educational panel titled "Recognizing the Divisive Concepts Used Against Public Libraries." More info and registration at www.splcenter.org/huntsville-f...
Huntsville-Madison County Educational Forum
Join this educational forum, conducted in partnership with Read Freely Alabama, Empowering Women’s Causes and Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition. Details WhenThursday, Oct. 9, 2025 Time6-7:30...
www.splcenter.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Join @splcenter.org, Empowering Women's Causes, @altrac.works, and @readfreelyal.bsky.social on Thursday, 10/9 for an educational panel titled "Recognizing the Divisive Concepts Used Against Public Libraries." More info and registration at www.splcenter.org/huntsville-f...
Have you written to the APLS board to tell them to reject the proposed code changes which would ban trans-positive materials from Alabama libraries?
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Have you written to the APLS board to tell them to reject the proposed code changes which would ban trans-positive materials from Alabama libraries?
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!
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actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm...
ATTN:
HMCPL board meeting
Tuesday 10/23 4pm
Downtown Library
Have you signed and shared our "DO NOT COMPLY" Petition yet? Please do so before Tuesday and let the board know we won't allow transphobia in our library
ATTN:
HMCPL board meeting
Tuesday 10/23 4pm
Downtown Library
Have you signed and shared our "DO NOT COMPLY" Petition yet? Please do so before Tuesday and let the board know we won't allow transphobia in our library
HMCPL Do Not Comply with Anti-Trans Mandate
On July 16th, John Wahl, chair of the Alabama Public Library Service Board, and the Alabama Republican Party, sent a letter to library directors across the state advising them to “take immediate steps...
actionnetwork.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm...
ATTN:
HMCPL board meeting
Tuesday 10/23 4pm
Downtown Library
Have you signed and shared our "DO NOT COMPLY" Petition yet? Please do so before Tuesday and let the board know we won't allow transphobia in our library
ATTN:
HMCPL board meeting
Tuesday 10/23 4pm
Downtown Library
Have you signed and shared our "DO NOT COMPLY" Petition yet? Please do so before Tuesday and let the board know we won't allow transphobia in our library
Reposted by Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition
Alabama is targeting trans books, and we're teaming up with @altrac.works and @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social to fight back. We need YOU to send a letter to the APLS by Oct. 14 to OPPOSE these changes. Learn more and find our letter-writing resources, including printable postcards, at bit.ly/4gub7gz
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Alabama is targeting trans books, and we're teaming up with @altrac.works and @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social to fight back. We need YOU to send a letter to the APLS by Oct. 14 to OPPOSE these changes. Learn more and find our letter-writing resources, including printable postcards, at bit.ly/4gub7gz
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
14 Main Street, Madison
10-6 Tues-Wed
10-8 Thurs-Sat
10-3 Sun
blueapplebookstore.com
More book drive info: altr.ac/queens
June 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
14 Main Street, Madison
10-6 Tues-Wed
10-8 Thurs-Sat
10-3 Sun
blueapplebookstore.com
More book drive info: altr.ac/queens
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
June 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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
Reposted by Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition
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
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
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
altrac.works
May 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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
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
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)
(If you can’t tell them in person, call or write. We’ll help: altrac.works)
April 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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)
(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
We’ll help you send a strong message: ALTRAC.works
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
ALTRAC.works
April 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
We’ll help you send a strong message: ALTRAC.works
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
We’ll help: 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...
actionnetwork.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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
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
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
ALTRAC.works
April 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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
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📚 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
⚖️ Tell your state legislators to oppose HB4, the Jail Librarians Bill, and to continue to fund their libraries. altrac.works
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
altrac.works
April 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📚 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
⚖️ Tell your state legislators to oppose HB4, the Jail Librarians Bill, and to continue to fund their libraries. altrac.works
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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
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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
March 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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
Join @at-the-root.bsky.social at Big Spring Park this Sunday to mourn the loss of intellectual freedom in our libraries.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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
Tell your representative to kill these poorly-written anti-queer bills before they leave committee. We'll show you how: altrac.works
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
altrac.works
February 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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
Tell your representative to kill these poorly-written anti-queer bills before they leave committee. We'll show you how: altrac.works
Reposted by Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition
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.
February 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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.
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.
February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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.
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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.
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.
alabamareflector.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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.
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"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...
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...
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.
www.al.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"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...
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...
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!
Call or write your reps now at altrac.works!
Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition
ALTRAC provides the information you need to help protect the rights of transgender Alabamians. Learn how to contact your state representatives, and find out about local rallies where you can make your...
altrac.works
February 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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!
Call or write your reps now at altrac.works!
Reposted by Alabama Trans Rights Action Coalition
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...
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.
www.al.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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
January 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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