(AP) — Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” isn’t hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press analysis. Over the past year, North ...
HB2Bathroom BillNorth CarolinaBlack LGBTQBlack LGBTOn March 23, 2016, An Act to Provide for Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide CHunt, JeromeSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Where North Carolina falls short No state is perfect, however. North Carolina ranks No. 28 for Life, Health and Inclusion. The state long ago retreated from its controversial “bathroom bill” known asHB2after intense criticism from business. In 2017, legislators agreed to repeal the provision...
Bathroom bills have been a hot topic in the presidential election. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have issued statements condemning North Carolina's bill, while presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has indicated that its implementation is a bad business move....
HB2, short for “House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act,” and misleadingly nicknamed “the bathroom bill,” has highlighted a disconcerting trend in multiple states to propose blatantly discriminatory laws under the guise of “safety,”“religious freedom,” and, ironically...
Ringo Starr Cancels North Carolina Show to ‘Take a Stand’ Against Anti-LGBT Law In a statement, Lauper says she will be donating all the profits from her June 4 concert in Raleigh to Equality North Carolina, who is working to overturn HB2 — the so called “bathroom ...
North Carolina's government passed House Bill 2 (HB2) in March, a law that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination laws, and forces transgender citizens to use restrooms matching their biological sex, not the gender with which they identify. ...
“As the father of daughters, I’m not terribly excited about men being able to go alone into a bathroom with my daughters,” the Texas senator said Thursday.
The NBA is moving the All-Star Game in light of North Carolina's controversial HB2 bill, saying it hopes to reschedule the game for Charlotte in 2019.
Related articleA year ago, North Carolina passed America's first bathroom bill. It's still feeling the pain. That last point is meant to prevent ordinances such as one Charlotte City Council passed in February 2016, before HB2. That ordinance addedgender identity to the city’s protections ag...