Tag: North Carolina
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.
HRC Hails Historic Fed. Court Decision Upholding Civil Rights Protections for Transgender Students
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirms U.S. Department of Education position HRC says North Carolina must immediately restore rights to transgender students, reiterates urgent need to repeal HB 2.
«Love Is All You Need?» Stimulates Heated Tolerance Debate in the Midst of National Anti-LGBT Legislation
Love Is All You Need? debut at Newport Beach Film Festival encourages audiences to take a stand against discrimination.