Tag: North Carolina
Funny or Die : North Carolina ‘s Anti-Gay Tourism Commercial
A special message from the tourism board of North Carolina, reminding you of all the fun straight things you can do in their beautiful, intolerant state
TLDEF Condemns North Carolina Law Striking Down LGBT Protections and Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) condemns a new law passed by North Carolina lawmakers and signed by Governor Pat McCrory, which will ban transgender students in schools and all transgender people in public buildings from using bathrooms and other facilities that match who they are as male and female. The law also strikes down non-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in municipalities throughout the state and bars their future passage.
NC Gov. Signs Radical Bill Into Law Attacking Transgender Students & Overturning LGBT Protections
New law not only rips away local non-discrimination ordinances and writes discrimination against LGBT North Carolinians into state law, but it also puts the state’s public schools at risk of losing $4.5 billion in critical federal funds under Title IX.
Gov. McCrory and Legislature Begin Costly Special Session to Overturn LGBT Equality Measure
At $42,000 a day, anti-LGBT NC Gov. Pat McCrory and conservative state lawmakers are hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte’s elected leaders.
HRC and Equality North Carolina Blast NC Special Session to Overturn Charlotte Ordinance
At $42,000 a day, lawmakers seem hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte and its leaders.
HRC, Equality North Carolina and MeckPAC Celebrate Pro-Equality Majority Elected to Charlotte City C
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Equality North Carolina and MeckPAC congratulated the seven pro-equality candidates who won their Charlotte City Council elections this evening, clearing the way for consideration of a LGBT non-discrimination ordinance.