Tag: Sim Butler

Shelnutt responds to UA professors’ attack on him, legislature for VCAP bill — 'An agenda that the majority of us know is wrong'

Last month, University of Alabama professor and program coordinator Sim Butler published his book "And the Dragons Do Come" about his son's gender dysphoria, spending a significant amount of time criticizing Alabama's lawmakers, particularly State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville), who sponsored the Vulnerable Child Protection Act bill. 

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: Two fathers deal with gender transition in strikingly different ways

The trend of “trans children” and so-called gender affirming care appears to be falling out of favor – and not a moment too soon.

UA professor details son's ‘transition’ before fleeing state for banned treatments

In a book released earlier this month, Sim Butler, an associate professor at the University of Alabama, chronicles his family’s story of raising a son with gender dysphoria in Alabama.