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| Region | Arkansas |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
| Sources | https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-7/chapter-123/subchapter-1/section-16-123-107/ https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-fayettevilles-lgbt-protections https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-ag-local-lgbt-protections-barred-state-law https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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| Description | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment. | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
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| Sources | https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-7/chapter-123/subchapter-1/section-16-123-107/ https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-fayettevilles-lgbt-protections https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-ag-local-lgbt-protections-barred-state-law | https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-7/chapter-123/subchapter-1/section-16-123-107/ https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-fayettevilles-lgbt-protections https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-ag-local-lgbt-protections-barred-state-law https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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| Description | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment. |
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| Description | Arkansas law prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. | State law and an Arkansas Supreme Court decision prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. |
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| Sources | https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/ar/ | https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-7/chapter-123/subchapter-1/section-16-123-107/ https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-fayettevilles-lgbt-protections https://www.gayly.com/arkansas-ag-local-lgbt-protections-barred-state-law |
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| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Arkansas law prohibits non-discrimination ordinances from being enacted. The state does not provide any protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. |
| Sources | https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/ar/ |