Including sexual orientation and gender identity to the Arkansas Civil Rights Law

As a part of the efforts for equality in Arkansas, CAR (Center for Artistic Revolution) has been working with a coalition called Arkansans for Human and Civil Rights. We have four priorities in this coalition:

• Non-partisan electoral work
• Racial Profiling Task Force
• "Add the Words" to the Arkansas Civil Rights law to include sexual orientation and gender identity
• Creating a Civil Rights Commission for Arkansas

CAR is a part of the team leading the “Add the Words” campaign. If you have a story about how you have been impacted in regard to housing, employment or public accommodations please contact us. We also continue to work on the creation of the Civil Rights Commission.

We are also seeking LGBTQ and Ally community members in every legislative district in the state who are interested in participating on this project. If you are interested please contact us and include your legislative district information as well as your current legislative representatives. Please indicate if they are up for re-election or in their terms.

We intend to use the Arkansas segment of the Better Together Cohort’s media project for this campaign, in order to share the scope of who we are as LGBTQ and Ally Arkansans. So please be sure and get in touch to have your photo taken. We will also be traveling to other parts of the state and setting up community meeting - photo dates. Let us know if you would like to be the lead and organize one in your area.

CAR is located at 800 Scott St., Little Rock, AR 72202. For more information, call (501) 244-9690 or visit www.artisticrevolution.org/

CARwas founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2003 by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer Arkansans (LGBTQ) and their straight allies who believe that all people should have equitable access to fair treatment, a democratic political process, and economic and environmental justice.

The Gayly – July 9, 2014 @ 10:20am