The Alabama State House District 25 results show Montgomery winning 12,456 votes (53.2%) to Rigsby’s 10,929 (46.7%).
Writing after the results, Montgomery urged supporters not to get distracted. “I know the headlines tomorrow are gonna be provocative and catchy, but let’s focus on the most important part of this victory: we showed that a truly grassroots campaign that stands on its policies and its principles has a real shot in Alabama,” she wrote.
Wow. Ala-fucking-bama? Weird times. This is great to see, but I would never have expected to live to see something like this come out of Alabama. My whole life I’ve had the tought ‘at least I’m not in Alabama’ rattling around in the back of my head. I’ll still have that thought, but it will be a little quieter. Not by much. But, still . . …
Unfortunately, at least in my neck of the blue(ish) woods, they didn’t just try. Trans girls were overwhelmingly prohibited from participating in cis girls’ sports. Interestingly, the opposite is not true. The initiative that passed (by a whopping 66% to 33% on the other side) only prevents trans girls from playing. Trans boys can participate with cis boys no problem according to the text of the initiative. I want to see a trans boy just absolutely wipe the floor with the cis boys and watch some heads spin.