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
Committee Member/Reader
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