Arkansas Supreme Court stays ruling preventing X gender markers on driver’s licenses
Trans, nonbinary, and intersexed residents are no longer able to accurately represent their gender identity.
June 26, 2024
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Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Fayetteville's LGBT Protections
The court on Thursday struck down the Arkansas city's ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, according to CBS News.
February 23, 2017
Supreme Court Tells Arkansas It Must List Same-Sex Couples on Birth Certificates
The justices marked the two-year anniversary of their Obergefell ruling with a summary ruling that repeatedly cited it.
June 26, 2017
Ban on gay foster parents dies in Arkansas
The Arkansas supreme court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said gays and lesbians cannot be barred from the foster care system.
June 30, 2006
Why June 26 Is a Momentous Day for LGBT Equality
With today's Arkansas ruling, there have now been five pro-equality Supreme Court decisions issued on this date.
June 26, 2017
Arkansas High Court Blocks Fayetteville's LGBTQ Rights Law
The city can't enforce its law while its case against the state's ban on such protections proceeds, the Arkansas Supreme Court rules.
January 31, 2019
Arkansas governor wants to keep ban on gay foster parents
One day after the Arkansas supreme court struck down a state ban on gay foster parents, Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday urged the legislature to pass a law reinstating it.
July 1, 2006
Another LGBT Case Was Just Appealed to Supreme Court
This one involves birth certificates for children of same-sex couples.
February 15, 2017
In the South, We're Still Fighting for Marriage Rights
Arkansas is the latest Southern state to declare war against same-sex marriage and parenting.
June 5, 2017
As Ark. Couples Marry, State Seeks Legal Clarity and Stay
Confusion and legal wrangling muddy the waters of marriage equality in Arkansas, but two counties are still issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
May 14, 2014
Southern Judges Continue Defying Marriage Equality
When judges are elected instead of appointed, justice is often ceded to politics.
December 9, 2015
Arkansas Court Strikes Blow Against Same-Sex Parents
The state Supreme Court made it harder for same-sex couples to be listed on the birth certificates of their children.
December 8, 2016
Arkansas Blocks Same-Sex Couples From Birth Certificates
A state Supreme Court judge suspended a circut court judge's ruling striking down the state's birth certificate law as unconstitutional.
December 11, 2015
Ark. Supreme Court Overrules Child Visitation Ban for Cohabitating Gay Parents
The state's highest court declared that judges may not restrict a parent's visitation rights based solely on that parent's cohabitation with a partner to whom they are not married.
November 21, 2013
Texas Supreme Court Opens Door to Invalidating Same-Sex Marriages
In a unanimous ruling, the high court decided it is unclear whether same-sex marriages are guaranteed the same rights as other marriages.
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June 30, 2017
WATCH: Latest Marriage Wins Aren't as Simple as They Seem
Last week saw two victories in Southern states, but there may be bumps in the road before the cases get much further.
December 1, 2014
Ark. Marriage Equality Resumes
The state judge who struck down Arkansas's statutory and constitutional prohibitions on same-sex marriage clarified his ruling today by voiding all state laws that refer to marriage solely as the union of one man and one woman.
May 15, 2014
Arkansas Church Gets Threat for Marriage Equality Support
After a Unitarian Universalist minister wrote a pro-LGBT letter to the editor of an area newspaper, her church got an anonymous homophobic note.
November 13, 2014
Antigay State Officials Want to Dodge Marriage Lawsuits
In the fast-moving legal fight for marriage equality, here's a look at the latest news.
August 25, 2014
Suit Demands Recognition for 600 Arkansas Marriages
A private attorney has filed a lawsuit seeking state recognition for the estimated 600 same-sex couples who were legally wed during Arkansas's brief equality window last May.
February 17, 2015
Ark. Supreme Court Denies Stay, But Halts Marriage Equality
The state's highest court rejected the attorney general's request to stay a ruling that established marriage equality, but said another statute is still in place forbidding the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
May 14, 2014