Progress on SB43, but it still threatens all Arkansans
While SB43 is not fully defeated, efforts to fight back against attempts to target LGBTQ Arkansans are working. Yesterday’s amendment to the bill no longer explicitly targets LGBTQ people.
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Help Stop ARLeg attacks on LGBTQ Arkansans
Abbreviated by the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, a four-day Week 2 of the 2023 Arkansas legislative session wrapped Friday at the Arkansas State Capitol. Nearly 300 bills have already been filed with no...
What we're watching in the 2023 Legislative Session
Fueled by conspiracies and misinformation, Arkansas’ 2021 legislative session saw unprecedented and massive attacks on abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, voting rights, and our democracy.
Press Releases & News
ACLU of Arkansas Criticizes AG Griffin's Efforts to End DACA
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas (ACLU of Arkansas) today criticized Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin for joining Texas and other states in urging a federal judge to end the Deferred...
ACLU Settles Free Speech Case on Behalf of Election Official Targeted for Political Views
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, cooperating attorneys John E. Tull III and Noah P. Watson settled a federal lawsuit on behalf of Arkansas poll worker Barry Haas.
Joint statement by Arkansas pro-equality groups on 2023 session’s first attack on LGBTQ rights
SB43, filed by Senator Gary Stubblefield (R-26) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R-73), would revise Arkansas law to classify drag “performances” as an “adult-oriented business,” pitting drag brunch and story hour...
