Tag: HB 2
NC Senate President Berger Sends Desperate Misleading Letter to CEOs, Doubles Down on Anti-LGBT HB 2
HRC and Equality NC post Berger’s letter publicly — and take the liberty of editing in the truth.
NCAA Says Future Final Four Host Cities Must Have LGBT Inclusive Non-Discrimination Laws
NCAA Board of Governors adopts new policy to “protect participants and spectators from discrimination at NCAA events”.
Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Cancel North Carolina Tour Dates Over Law Called ‘Anti-LGBT’
Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas have decided to cancel the North Carolina dates on their upcoming “Future Now” tour in response to the state’s controversial “bathroom bill,” which critics believe is anti-LGBT.
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.
NBA Commissioner Warns All-Star Game Will Be Moved Out of NC If Lawmakers Fail to Change HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, hailed the news that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s radical anti-LGBT HB 2 must be changed or the league will move the 2017 All-Star Game out of the state. The commissioner’s comments come just days before the North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene.
The UK Warns Tourists About Anti-LGBT Laws in North Carolina and Mississippi
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office warned its LGBT citizens of the risks of traveling to North Carolina and Mississippi, which have enacted anti-LGBT laws.