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Viktoria Capek and Whitney Butler are the co-founders of Hairpins, a Little Rock-based pop-up lesbian bar. The pair are hosting an event on Sept. 13 at Pink House Alchemy in Fayetteville.

On today's show, new fossils and a new academic paper from a UofA professor helps us better understand the history of the human species. Plus, a pop-up lesbian bar that’s not exactly a bar and a trip to the Apple Seeds teaching farm.

This past weekend, the city of Fayetteville teamed up with N-W-A Equality to bring former Arkansas ACLU director and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Sandra Kurjiaka to speak at Fayetteville’s annual pride festivities. Sandra also took some time to speak on her experience as both an activist and queer person in Arkansas in KUAF's Listening Lab.

The Arkansas Supreme Court released a formal order reinstating an emergency ban on gender-neutral IDs on Monday. This action is the most recent in an ongoing legal battle over the ID option.

A Little Rock judge has ruled in favor of the ACLU in their case against the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (or DFA) regarding its emergency gender marker restriction.

Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas filed a lawsuit on behalf of five plaintiffs against the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. They are challenging a recent emergency rule that restricts the ability of transgender and nonbinary Arkansans to self-identify their gender on driver’s licenses.

Last month, state officials announced a revision to a policy that previously allowed a person to select an ‘X’ marker as a gender option on their drivers license or ID card. The change will only allow someone to choose "male" or "female" on their identification, which stands to impact over 500 Arkansans who currently use the ‘X’ marker.

OAL's Victoria Hernandez interviews Dr. Arley Ward about LGBTQ+ History Month

Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation requiring public school students to use the bathroom and changing areas of their gender assigned at birth. The bill will be put to a vote in the state Senate.

On today's show, Arkansans speak out in light of the state legislature's recently amended bill that would have classified drag shows as "adult entertainment." Plus, marching through the Razorback Band's history, author Colson Whitehead is scheduled to speak at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith and more.