Tag: All-Star Game
ACC Moves Championship Game to Orlando After McCrory & NC General Assembly Refuse to Repeal HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, and Equality NC, the statewide organisation working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBxTQ North Carolinians, responded to the decision by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to move the league’s 2016 football championship game to Orlando, Florida, due to North Carolina’s deeply discriminatory HB 2 law.
Federal Judge Blocks UNC From Enforcing Discriminatory Provision of Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law
While legal challenge to HB 2 proceeds, judge prohibits UNC from enforcing the discriminatory provision targeting transgender people in facilities operated by the University.
2017 NBA All-Star Game Moved to New Orleans Due to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law
NBA sends clear message to lawmakers nationwide that the league will not tolerate discrimination.
NBA Stands up for LGBTQ Equality with All-Star Game Move, Citing Hostile Environment Created by HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, and Equality NC, the statewide organisation working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the NBA’s decision to stand up to North Carolina lawmakers who refused to repeal HB 2 by pulling its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, NC.