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| Region | Arkansas |
| Issue | Legal recognition of non-binary gender |
| Status | Not legally recognized |
| Start Date | Mar 12, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2024, the Department of Finance and Administration announced that non-binary and intersex individuals would no longer be able to legally register their gender as 'X' on driver’s licenses or identification cards. |
| Sources | https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 |
Revision History (3)
edited by Unknownmiles. Fixing info - the executive order mentioned only was related to document language, not ID policy.
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| Start Date | Oct 2023 | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Description | Governor Huckabee in 2023 removed all access of the gender X on all drivers licenses. She was quoted saying “As long as I’m governor, Arkansas state government will not endorse nonsense.”. As of Oct 2023, Transgender and non-binary people will have to register as M or F on their drivers licenses. | In 2024, the Department of Finance and Administration announced that non-binary and intersex individuals would no longer be able to legally register their gender as 'X' on driver’s licenses or identification cards. |
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| Sources | https://governor.arkansas.gov/executive_orders/executive-order-to-eliminate-woke-anti-women-words-from-state-government-and-respect-women/ https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 | https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 |
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edited by qcksws. CNN is a far right winged news source, I added the actual Executive Order + a ap news source. I added a better desc
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| Start Date | Mar 12, 2024 | Oct 2023 |
| Description | Arkansas reversed its previous law that allowed you to put your gender as x. | Governor Huckabee in 2023 removed all access of the gender X on all drivers licenses. She was quoted saying “As long as I’m governor, Arkansas state government will not endorse nonsense.”. As of Oct 2023, Transgender and non-binary people will have to register as M or F on their drivers licenses. |
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| Sources | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/13/us/arkansas-ends-gender-neutral-licenses-reaj | https://governor.arkansas.gov/executive_orders/executive-order-to-eliminate-woke-anti-women-words-from-state-government-and-respect-women/ https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-licenses-gender-nonbinary-intersex-huckabee-sanders-61ca930c323cb36844ab304dfde5dd61 |
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created by Unknownmiles
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| Status | Not legally recognized |
| Start Date | Mar 12, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Arkansas reversed its previous law that allowed you to put your gender as x. |
| Sources | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/13/us/arkansas-ends-gender-neutral-licenses-reaj |