Tag: Chris Sgro
NC Lawmakers Double Down with “HB 2.0” Legislation
Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC blasted the leadership of the North Carolina House of Representatives for proposing legislation that doubles down on the state’s anti-LGBTQ law passed in March, known as HB 2.
While LGBTQ Community Mourns, North Carolina Anti-Equality Activists Lobby For Anti-LGBT HB 2
Unconscionable: While LGBTQ Community Mourns, North Carolina Anti-Equality Activists Lobby General Assembly in Support of HB 2.
Equality Advocates Condemn North Carolina Legislative Sneak Attack Doubling Down on HB 2
Today, Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Chris Sgro, Executive Director of Equality NC, and Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), responded to media reports that a small group of extreme lawmakers in North Carolina are preparing to double down on the discriminatory HB 2 law in another legislative sneak attack hashed out in a backroom deal.
HRC and Equality NC Grateful for Dead & Company ’s $100,000 Commitment to Repeal HB 2
HRC President Chad Griffin cites generous support from the band, which includes the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and singer John Mayer.
Leaders from Aon, Cummins and Alaska Airlines Join 200+ Business Leaders Opposed to HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC announced that executives from Alaska Airlines, Aon plc., BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Cummins Inc., Hunter Douglas Inc., Leidos, RSM US LLP, and Sabre have signed onto an open letter that now includes more than 200 leading CEOs and business leaders urging North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and the state’s General Assembly to repeal the deeply discriminatory HB 2.
North Carolina Chamber to LGBT Community: You Don’t Deserve Full Equality
North Carolina Chamber of Commerce ignores overwhelming outcry from business community as 200+ CEOs and major business leaders now call for repeal of HB 2.