Date of Graduation
5-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Accounting
Advisor/Mentor
Norwood, John M.
Committee Member
Atwood, T.J.
Abstract
This study is a thorough documentation of the introduction and development of civil rights legislation in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Specifically, the study details local and state-wide civil rights legislation that offers civil right protections to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community and the discrimination that they face. The state’s progression towards a more LGBT inclusive society began with local municipalities drafting ordinances protecting citizens from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; this study focuses on Fayetteville’s and the legislative process that followed. The discussion of LGBT civil rights is a sensitive and controversial matter, and this study concludes with community and statewide feedback on the matter, and the question for federal reform.
Keywords
civil rights; Arkansas; LGBT; politics
Citation
Pecoraro, M. E. (2016). History and Analysis of the Fayetteville, Arkansas Human Civil Rights Ordinance. Accounting Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/acctuht/21
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Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Law and Gender Commons, Sexuality and the Law Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons
