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Arkansas bathroom bill sponsor doesn’t think trans people would be affected
The ACLU and LGBTQ groups say that the bill would have similar impacts to North Carolina’s HB2.
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LGBTQ advocates say Arkansas ‘indecent exposure’ law targets transgender people
ACLU of Arkansas says the bill is just a way to make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
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Arkansas inches closer to transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Republican state senator Linda Collins-Smith wants facilities in government buildings limited to members of only one sex if multiple people will use it at the same time.
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Arkansas rejects bill that would have allowed hospitals to discriminate
An Arkansas House panel on Thursday rejected a “religious freedom” bill that would have allowed health care workers and hospitals to refuse to treat LGBTQ patients.
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New Arkansas bathroom bill would cover government buildings
The state’s Republican governor has been steadfast that any form of a bathroom bill is unnecessary and divisive.
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Arkansas lawmaker pulls anti-trans ‘bathroom bill,’ says it’s no longer needed
He said the bill wasn’t needed after Trump revoked guidance instructing public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms corresponding with their gender.
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After court nullifies local law, will Arkansas pass statewide protections?
A week ago, the state Supreme Court struck down a Fayetteville ordinance banning discrimination against LGBT people.
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Arkansas voted for a federal constitutional convention to ban marriage equality
The Arkansas Senate has endorsed a long-shot effort to push for amending the U.S. Constitution to effectively ban gay marriage and abortion.
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Arkansas court rules LGBT ordinance illegal under state law
The supreme court of Arkansas ruled that a Fayetteville anti-discrimination ordinance violated a state law that prevents such ordinances.
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Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down local LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance
Arkansas state law requires uniform non-discrimination categories. Since the state doesn’t offer LGBTQ protections, the court ruled that Fayetteville can’t either.