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Arkansas becomes third state to ban trans girls & women from sports
This is just one of three anti-LGBTQ bills that the state legislature sent to the governor.
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Arkansas & Tennessee lawmakers pass transgender sports bans
The only thing that could stop these states from discriminating against transgender youth is their Republican governors.
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Arkansas legislature passes bill to allow EMTs & doctors to refuse to treat LGBTQ people
The bill to allow health care providers to turn away patients due to their religious beliefs is headed to the Republican governor’s desk.
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Wave of bills attacking transgender youth inspires protests all over the U.S.
82 bills have been introduced across the country in an unprecedented attack on transgender rights. Has there been a protest in your area? Share your photos with us.
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Arkansas lawmakers voted unanimously to recognize trans folks in state law in 1981
The law was meant to “revise and modernize the laws of Arkansas” to “reflect some of the social customs and practices that are happening frequently in Vital Records Registration.” Specifically, it pointed out “surgical sex changes.”
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Arkansas may require a court order for adopted girls to play school sports because of anti-trans law
The law wouldn’t even allow an adopted child to use their amended birth certificate to participate in sports.
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A trans woman & essential worker moved mid-pandemic for work. She was beaten to death.
Chyna Carrillo was killed as police ordered her killer to stop. Worse, he appears to have murdered before.
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Arkansas senate passes bill to allow pharmacists & nursing home staff to turn away LGBTQ patients
The bill lists protected health care professionals, including doctors and nurses and any “individual who furnishes or assists in the provision of a healthcare service.” Employers could demand their health insurance refuse to provide LGBTQ health care.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t just believe the Big Lie. She told it.
She was the mean girl we all had to endure in middle school and now she’s running for Governor of Arkansas, hoping no one notices everything she says is a lie meant to make herself look better.
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Betsy DeVos is about to lose her job. A gay whistleblower tells us why people should celebrate.
Dwayne Bensing, an out lawyer & former staffer at the Department of Education under DeVos, reflects on her anti-LGBTQ crusade and looks forward to her eventual exit.