Tag: North Carolina
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.
More Than 100 Major CEOs & Business Leaders Urge North Carolina To Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
Letter from major business leaders across the country to be delivered by HRC President Chad Griffin and Equality NC Executive Director Chris Sgro this morning to NC Governor Pat McCrory urging him and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal the radical provisions of discriminatory HB 2 in upcoming legislative session.
Today, Mississippi Senate to Vote on Appalling Anti-LGBT Legislation
Bill would allow businesses to discriminate by denying service to LGBT people, as well as explicitly sanction discrimination by taxpayer-funded religious organisations.
Bank of America, American Airlines, Cisco, Miramax, & Uber Join List Demanding Repeal of NC HB 2
Leaders from major corporations continue to join the growing chorus of business voices from across the country speaking out and calling on NC Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal radical provisions of discriminatory HB 2 in upcoming legislative session.
More than 80 Major CEOs & Business Leaders Demand North Carolina Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC released a letter from dozens of major business leaders from across the country calling on NC Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal radical provisions of discriminatory HB 2 in upcoming legislative session.
Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
Today, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, Attorney General Roy Cooper, and the University of North Carolina, is on behalf of two transgender North Carolinians, Joaquín Carcaño, a UNC-Chapel Hill employee, and Payton McGarry, a UNC-Greensboro student, and Angela Gilmore, a lesbian and North Carolina Central University law professor.