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...
McCrory, who became the first sitting North Carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, was weighed down by a series of divisive laws he signed, includingHouse Bill 2. Thatlaw limited LGBT rights and directed transgender people to use restroomsin schools and government buildings corresponding t...
Kulich continued: “Back in March, we had 400,000 hits for the term ‘Transsexual’ from North Carolina alone. People from that state searched ‘Gay’ 319,907 times.” HB2, the legislation signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory last month, has been widely criticized as discriminatory and a...
But that is just the beginning of North Carolina’s strength. The state ranks No. 2, behind only California, for Access to Capital. Having the nation’s second- and sixth-largest banks based in Charlotte (Bank of AmericaandTruist Financial, respectively) provides a home field advantage of ...
The so-called HB2 law requires transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity. It also limits other antidiscrimination protections for LGBT people. The ACLU and the U.S. Justice Department are challenging the law, whil...
Beyoncé wearing a "Y'all Means All" North Carolina shirt to protest the transphobic #HB2 bill. 🐝👏🏻@equalitync pic.twitter.com/4zgIy1hX7a— Shady Music Facts (@musicnews_shade) May 4, 2016 Other artists have cancelled tour stops in North Carolina, including Bruce Springsteen, Pear...
"Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal protections for the LGBT community in Charlotte became prominent, the NBA and theCharlotte Hornetshave been working diligently to foster constructive dialogue and try to effect positive change," the league said. "We have been ...
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. ...
This past April, the North Carolina governor signed into law a piece of legislation that nullified the rights of elected North Carolina municipal officials to enact their own anti-discrimination policies and to set their own minimum wage standards. HB2, short for “House Bill 2, the Public ...
The basketball reference is a nod to the NCAA,which moved 2016-2017 championship events out of the statebecause of HB2 and said it would soon decide where 2018-2022 championships will be held. That may have put pressure on North Carolina’s politicians to reach this week’s deal. Indeed, ...