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Arkansas LGBTQ+ rights, bills, and how to act
Live tracking of Arkansas bills, hearings, and the people moving them — plus the tools to fight back, show up, and protect each other.
Track Arkansas legislation that affects gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and nonbinary residents — including anti-trans bills, drag restrictions, school policies, gender-affirming care, marriage and family law, and civil rights protections. We pull bills, hearings, sponsors, and committee votes directly from arkleg.state.ar.us.
From here you can find your Arkansas state representative and senator, contact them with one click, register to vote, submit written public comment, plan to testify at the Capitol in Little Rock, and read Know Your Rights guides built for Arkansans.
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Helping Arkansans register, organize, and participate in civic life through community-driven voter engagement. From kitchen tables to campus quads — democracy gets built where we live.
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Public Legislative Calendar
Where decisions get made
Upcoming Arkansas legislative hearings, public meetings, civic dates, and government events. Not every event is LGBTQ-specific, but these are the public rooms where decisions are made.
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Sync the Arkansas Legislature calendar to your phone.
Google Calendar compatible. Track bill hearings, legislative meetings, and civic deadlines from your personal calendar. Works with Google Calendar and most phone calendar apps.
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01 — Current Action
Current Action
Upcoming hearings, active bills, and civic items people can act on now.
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02 — Hearings & Meetings
Show up. Be heard.
Committee hearings, floor votes, and community town halls happening across Arkansas.
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03 — Action Center
Six ways to push back
Choose your lane. Every one of these moves the needle — and they all stack.
Testify at a hearing
What to wear, what to say, and how to sign up to speak.
Start hereSubmit a public comment
Written testimony for the record — works even if you can't attend.
Start hereVolunteer & organize
Plug into rapid response networks already on the ground.
Start hereRegister to vote
Check your registration, find your polling place, vote early.
Start hereFind a rally
Protests, vigils, and capitol days happening near you.
Start hereAffirming legislators to call first
Start with allies — they need your fuel to keep fighting at the Capitol.
Plug into the network
Verified Arkansas-based organizations doing the long-haul work.
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04 — Know Your Rights
Plain-language guides for messy laws
What's protected, what's limited, what's under attack — and what to do when your rights are violated.
protected
Employment protections (federal)
Employment
Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) extended Title VII to LGBTQ+ workers nationwide.
The U.S. Supreme Court held that firing someone for being gay or transgender is sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII covers employers with 15+ employees. Religious-employer exemptions exist.
protected
Housing protections (federal)
Housing
HUD interprets the Fair Housing Act to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.
Per HUD's February 2021 implementation memo following Bostock, the Fair Housing Act's prohibition on sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Some owner-occupied small buildings are exempt.
limited
Arkansas statewide LGBTQ+ non-discrimination
LGBTQ+
Arkansas has no statewide non-discrimination law covering sexual orientation or gender identity.
Act 137 (2015) prohibits Arkansas cities and counties from extending non-discrimination protections beyond what state law explicitly recognizes — and state law does not list sexual orientation or gender identity. Some local protections still exist via narrowly written ordinances.
under attack
Gender-affirming care for minors (Arkansas)
Trans
Act 274 of 2023 (the SAFE Act civil-cause-of-action law) is partially in effect; litigation is ongoing.
Arkansas's earlier ban (Act 626 of 2021) was struck down in Brandt v. Rutledge (2023). The state then passed Act 274 of 2023 creating a 15-year private cause of action against providers. Always confirm current status with ACLU of Arkansas before relying on this summary.
under attack
Abortion access in Arkansas
Reproductive
Act 180 of 2019 trigger ban took effect after Dobbs (June 24, 2022).
Abortion is banned in Arkansas except to save the life of the pregnant person. There is no rape/incest exception. Contraception remains legal. Travel out of state for care is not criminalized.
evolving
Legal name & gender marker changes (Arkansas)
Identity
Court order required; rules vary by county.
Adult name changes are filed in the circuit court of your county of residence under Ark. Code § 9-2-101. Gender marker changes on Arkansas birth certificates currently require a court order. The DMV updates the gender marker with a court order or amended birth certificate.
Rights violated? Document everything.
Save dates, names, screenshots, and witnesses. Then contact the ACLU of Arkansas for legal intake.
Court Watch
Tracking the courts that shape our rights
Civil rights, LGBTQIA+ protections, healthcare access, voting rights, education, and constitutional questions all run through the courts. These three feeds pull directly from official sources — never commentary or news aggregators.
Arkansas Equality Climate
The policy landscape, in plain sight.
Independent scorecards, legal advocates, and voter tools — the people and projects tracking how Arkansas treats LGBTQ+ residents.
Human Rights Campaign
Municipal Equality Index
HRC's annual scorecard of city-level LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and services. See how Little Rock, Fayetteville, Eureka Springs, and other Arkansas cities rank.
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Last verified · May 11, 2026
ACLU Arkansas
ACLU of Arkansas
Statewide legal advocacy on LGBTQ+ rights — active litigation, know-your-rights guides, and bill tracking at the Arkansas Capitol.
#rights#advocacy#policy
Last verified · May 11, 2026
Get Loud Arkansas
Get Loud Arkansas
Voter registration, ballot education, and organizing tools built for Arkansans. Register, check your status, and find your polling place.
#voting#advocacy
Last verified · May 11, 2026
ArTEC
Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition
Trans-led statewide coalition advocating for trans Arkansans through policy work, community programs, and direct support.
#advocacy#rights
Last verified · May 11, 2026
Movement Advancement Project
Equality Maps
MAP's interactive maps tracking LGBTQ+ policy across all 50 states — non-discrimination, healthcare, parenting, youth, and gender identity laws.
#policy#rights
Last verified · May 11, 2026
Arkansans, this is for you
Know your rights in Arkansas.
Read the guides above, check the scorecards, and bookmark the advocates who fight for you at the Capitol and in court.
05 — Live Legislative Tracking
A nervous system for the movement
Built to plug into OpenStates, LegiScan, and a custom Arkansas Legislature scraper. The public page is curated today; real-time activity is coming soon.
Bill tracking
Real-time status across both chambers.
Committee tracking
Member rosters, hearing schedules, votes.
Action alerts
Push notifications when bills move.
Timelines
Visualize each bill's journey end-to-end.
Get notified
Action alerts the moment a bill moves
No spam. Just hearings, votes, and rallies you should know about.
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Recent activity feed is coming soon
Bill and hearing summaries above are curated today. Automated recent-activity updates will appear here after official Arkansas Legislature imports are fully verified.
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