Tag: Charlotte City Council
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) condemns a new law passed by North Carolina lawmakers and signed by Governor Pat McCrory, which will ban transgender students in schools and all transgender people in public buildings from using bathrooms and other facilities that match who they are as male and female. The law also strikes down non-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in municipalities throughout the state and bars their future passage.
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TLDEF Condemns North Carolina Law Striking Down LGBT Protections and Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) condemns a new law passed by North Carolina lawmakers and signed by Governor Pat McCrory, which will ban transgender students in schools and all transgender people in public buildings from using bathrooms and other facilities that match who they are as male and female. The law also strikes down non-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in municipalities throughout the state and bars their future passage.
New law not only rips away local non-discrimination ordinances and writes discrimination against LGBT North Carolinians into state law, but it also puts the state’s public schools at risk of losing $4.5 billion in critical federal funds under Title IX.
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NC Gov. Signs Radical Bill Into Law Attacking Transgender Students & Overturning LGBT Protections
New law not only rips away local non-discrimination ordinances and writes discrimination against LGBT North Carolinians into state law, but it also puts the state’s public schools at risk of losing $4.5 billion in critical federal funds under Title IX.
At $42,000 a day, lawmakers seem hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte and its leaders.
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HRC and Equality North Carolina Blast NC Special Session to Overturn Charlotte Ordinance
At $42,000 a day, lawmakers seem hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte and its leaders.
Last night, TurnOut! Charlotte, a partnership of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Equality North Carolina, and MeckPAC, hailed the leadership and vision of the Charlotte City Council for voting to advance city-wide non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in public accommodations, vehicles for hire, and in government contracting. The ordinance passed by a vote of 7 to 4 with the strong support of newly-elected Mayor Jennifer Roberts, who has been a leading voice for the ordinance in her campaign and since she’s taken office.
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Charlotte City Council Approves Non-Discrimination Ordinance Establishing Local LGBT Protections
Last night, TurnOut! Charlotte, a partnership of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Equality North Carolina, and MeckPAC, hailed the leadership and vision of the Charlotte City Council for voting to advance city-wide non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in public accommodations, vehicles for hire, and in government contracting. The ordinance passed by a vote of 7 to 4 with the strong support of newly-elected Mayor Jennifer Roberts, who has been a leading voice for the ordinance in her campaign and since she’s taken office.