Tag: Governor McCrory
HRC, ENC and Civic Leaders Thank Mayor Roberts for Standing with LGBTQ Community
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, and other civic leaders joined together in Charlotte to denounce Governor McCrory’s latest ploy to deflect blame for his disastrous and hateful HB 2 law.
U.S. Justice Department Says HB 2 Violates Federal Law, Gives Gov. McCrory Monday Deadline
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC responded to news that the U.S. Department of Justice has determined North Carolina’s discriminatory HB 2 violates federal civil rights law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.
Hundreds of Thousands Call for Repeal of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law As Legislature Returns
Nearly 190,000 signatures demanding the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT House Bill 2 were delivered to the office of Gov. Pat McCrory today by a collection of civil rights, faith, business, and advocacy groups as the state legislature returns for the first time since it introduced and passed the law limiting legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in a one-day special session on March 23.
Watch LGBT Advocates Insist Governor McCrory Meet With Transgender North Carolinians
New video shows HRC President Chad Griffin insisting that Governor McCrory’s chief of staff allow transgender North Carolinians to meet with the governor.