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Arkansas recently passed three discriminatory laws targeting transgender people, particularly trans youth, including measures denying them health care and banning them from sports. Local print coverage of these laws was often lacking, as journalists rarely talked to trans people they impact and largely failed to push back against bigotry and anti-trans misinformation.
A Media Matters review of local media from February 2 when the first legislation was introduced through April 7 the day after the third law was passed found that Arkansas newspapers printed 32 articles on one or more of these laws and only 12, about 38%, included the perspective of a trans or nonbinary person. About 56% of the articles came from one paper, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Michelle Espinoza saw her first movie at the Savage Theater. She had her first date there. Her school even took her on field trips to the theater.
Back in the day, the Savage Theater stayed hopping busy. It was the place to be on a Friday night. For Espinoza, the Savage is a special place.
The same is true for many people who live in Booneville, said Susan Bulger, the director of Chamber of Commerce of South Logan County/Booneville and Magazine.
Everyone in town has memories of the place, and everyone wants to see it come back.
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