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Region | Arkansas |
Issue | Legal recognition of non-binary gender |
Status | Recognized |
Start Date | Dec 2010 |
End Date | Mar 11, 2024 |
Description | From 2010 until 2024, Arkansas granted individuals the ability to legally identify as 'X' on state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards. |
Sources | https://www.intomore.com/impact/arkansas-yes-arkansas-quietly-begins-issuing-gender-neutral-ids-to-non-binary-people/ https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 |
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edited by Unknownmiles. fixing end date
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End Date | Mar 10, 2024 | Mar 11, 2024 |
edited by Unknownmiles. fixing information
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Start Date | Jan 1, 2010 | Dec 2010 |
End Date | Oct 1, 2023 | Mar 10, 2024 |
Description | Arkansas rolled out its gender policy quietly in 2010. "Our official policy is to allow a licensee to change their gender as requested, no questions asked, no documentation required." -former Assistant Commissioner of Operations and Administration Mike Munns. Arkansas residents were thus able to change their marker on their driver's license (including to an X) since 2010, but this has only started being known since 2018. | From 2010 until 2024, Arkansas granted individuals the ability to legally identify as 'X' on state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards. |
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Sources | https://www.intomore.com/impact/arkansas-yes-arkansas-quietly-begins-issuing-gender-neutral-ids-to-non-binary-people/ | https://www.intomore.com/impact/arkansas-yes-arkansas-quietly-begins-issuing-gender-neutral-ids-to-non-binary-people/ https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 |
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End Date | Nov 30, -0001 | Oct 1, 2023 |
Description | Arkansas rolled out its gender policy quietly in 2010. "Our official policy is to allow a licensee to change their gender as requested, no questions asked, no documentation required." -former Assistant Commissioner of Operations and Administration Mike Munns. Arkansas residents were thus able to change their marker on their driver's license (including to an X) since 2010, but this has only started being known since 2018. | Arkansas rolled out its gender policy quietly in 2010. "Our official policy is to allow a licensee to change their gender as requested, no questions asked, no documentation required." -former Assistant Commissioner of Operations and Administration Mike Munns. Arkansas residents were thus able to change their marker on their driver's license (including to an X) since 2010, but this has only started being known since 2018. |
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End Date | Mar 12, 2024 | Nov 30, -0001 |
edited by Unknownmiles. Law ended
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Start Date | Dec 2010 | Jan 2010 |
End Date | (none) | Mar 12, 2024 |
created by Notdog1996
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Status | Recognized |
Start Date | Dec 2010 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | Arkansas rolled out its gender policy quietly in 2010. "Our official policy is to allow a licensee to change their gender as requested, no questions asked, no documentation required." -former Assistant Commissioner of Operations and Administration Mike Munns. Arkansas residents were thus able to change their marker on their driver's license (including to an X) since 2010, but this has only started being known since 2018. |
Sources | https://www.intomore.com/impact/arkansas-yes-arkansas-quietly-begins-issuing-gender-neutral-ids-to-non-binary-people/ |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "Existing documents continue to be valid but new ones won't be issued, so the status should be changed to red
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arkansas-stops-offering-x-alternative-male-female-state-ids-rcna143156"