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Advocates Voice Opposition to Bills Targeting Transgender Arkansans

By KUAR
Published March 25, 2021 at 1:43 PM CDT
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The transgender pride flag, designed in 1999 by American trans woman Monica Helms.

Representatives from the Human Rights Campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union hosted a virtual news conference Wednesday to outline their opposition to bills targeting transgender Arkansans, including one that would ban transgender girls and women from playing in girls' and women's sports in schools.

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