Arkansas LGBTQ

A judge ruled that books containing LGBTQ+ themes placed in a restricted section of the library have to be relocated.

The decision comes after a lower court judge made the decision to block the rule change.

A rule change approved by Arkansas lawmakers Friday bans gender-neutral driver's licenses, while another bans electronic signatures on voter registration forms.

At his third meeting as a member of the Arkansas State Library Board, former lawmaker Jason Rapert unsuccessfully attempted to withhold funding from certain libraries and the American Library Association.

The suit, brought by Arkansas and several other state attorneys general, aims to block recent expansions of Title IX by the Biden Administration.

The high court on Monday reversed an earlier decision by a lower court judge.

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration is trying to prevent people from changing their gender on their license or using an “X” instead of male or female.

The judge granted an injunction requested by members of the American Civil Liberties Union who sued over the rule change.

Rapert made several unsuccessful motions to remove funding from state libraries holding books with which he disagreed.

The suit says Arkansas' ban on gender-neutral driver's licenses and state IDs causes harm and was rolled out improperly.