### [2021-04-6](/feed/2021/04/6/index.md)

##### LGBT rights in the United States
#  Arkansas is the first U.S. state to ban transitional care for transgender minors. 

Transition care for transgender minors will be outlawed in Arkansas after the state senate voted on Tuesday to override Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto of HB1570, a move that sparked immediate vows for legal retaliation from civil rights groups. 


### Sources:

1. [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/arkansas-transgender-ban-hb1570-trans-b1827552.html) [Image](https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/03/18/12/2021-03-12T110106Z_1681706260_RC2N9M9128N9_RTRMADP_3_USA-LGBTQ-SPORTS.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75)

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