Tag: North Carolina
HRC & Equality NC Respond to Gov. Pat McCrory’s Reckless Lawsuit
Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC issued the following statements in response to the news that Governor Pat McCrory has filed a lawsuit defending his deeply discriminatory HB 2.
Pat McCrory’s Hypocrisy: Forces Through HB 2 in Hours, Now Asks DOJ For More Time
Pat McCrory says he wants to listen to businesses despite fact hundreds have already called him to #RepealHB2.
HRC and Equality NC Urge UNC Leadership to Reject HB 2 and Comply with Federal Civil Rights Law
LGBT civil rights organizations call on university leaders to do the right thing: protect the wellbeing of students, avoid loss of billions in federal funding.
3 Weeks Later: Gov. McCrory & NC Assembly Leadership Have Still Not Fulfilled Open Records Request
Behind-the-scenes communications with anti-LGBT activists on plot to pass HB 2 have still not been released.
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.
Oxford Ala. City Council Retreats, Votes to Repeal Shameful Anti-Transgender Ordinance
First municipality in the nation to pass a discriminatory law attacking the transgender community quickly kills it.