Tag: NCAA
NCAA Moves All Championship Events Out of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the 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 NCAA’s decision to stand up for LGBTQ equality by moving all 2016-2017 championship events out of the state of North Carolina due to the anti-LGBTQ HB 2 law.
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”.
North Carolina’s Reckless Anti-LGBT Law Casts Dark Cloud Over Tonight’s NCAA Championship Game
Governor Pat McCrory’s outrageous new discriminatory law has put North Carolina at risk of being denied bids to host future NCAA and NBA events.
USA : UMass Amherst guard Derrick Gordon comes out as first openly gay NCAA Division I basketball
GLAAD, the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, and the You Can Play Project, one of North America’s leading organizations dedicated to ensuring equality in sports, today hailed Derrick Gordon’s coming out as the first openly gay National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball player.