Tag: Pat McCrory
New Emails Reveal North Carolina HB 2 Author Compared LGBTQ Advocates to Taliban
After nearly two months, Gov. McCrory, Senator Berger, and Speaker Moore have still not released public records on how and why HB 2 was passed.
Cyndi Lauper Meets With LGBTQ Youth in Raleigh on Impact of North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB 2
Last Saturday, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBTQ equality advocate Cyndi Lauper met with LGBTQ youth at the LGBT Center of Raleigh to learn more about their lives, the challenges they face, and the damaging impact of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s deeply discriminatory HB 2 law.
HRC and Equality NC Grateful for Dead & Company ’s $100,000 Commitment to Repeal HB 2
HRC President Chad Griffin cites generous support from the band, which includes the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and singer John Mayer.
Leaders from Aon, Cummins and Alaska Airlines Join 200+ Business Leaders Opposed to HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC announced that executives from Alaska Airlines, Aon plc., BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Cummins Inc., Hunter Douglas Inc., Leidos, RSM US LLP, and Sabre have signed onto an open letter that now includes more than 200 leading CEOs and business leaders urging North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and the state’s General Assembly to repeal the deeply discriminatory HB 2.
Donald Trump ’s ‘States’ Rights’ Policy Assertion on Transgender Students Dangerous, Reckless
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after Donald Trump declined yesterday morning to support the Obama Administration’s important announcement that school districts should ensure that transgender students are treated with dignity and allowed equal access to facilities, such as restrooms, consistent with their gender identity.
North Carolina Chamber to LGBT Community: You Don’t Deserve Full Equality
North Carolina Chamber of Commerce ignores overwhelming outcry from business community as 200+ CEOs and major business leaders now call for repeal of HB 2.