Pearl Jam cancels Raleigh, NC, opposing HB2
Pearl Jam is no longer performing in Raleigh, North Carolina. The rock band is yet another music artist who has cancelled an appearance in the state in response to the bill. Read more trending stories...
View ArticlePearl Jam joins North Carolina boycott with a handwritten note against...
North Carolina is starting to look like a distinctly un-fun place these days as numerous musical acts have...
View ArticlePearl Jam, Boston Cancel Gigs in North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Law
Fans of Pearl Jam and rock legends Boston down in North Carolina are out of luck if they want to see them live any time soon. Both bands have canceled their upcoming shows in the southern state in...
View ArticlePearl Jam cancels North Carolina performance, opposing HB2
Pearl Jam is no longer performing in Raleigh, North Carolina. The rock band is yet another music artist or group who has canceled an appearance in the state in response to HB2. Read more trending...
View ArticlePearl Jam cancel North Carolina concert over HB2 law
The US rock band Pearl Jam have cancelled a concert in North Carolina in protest against the state's new law on LGBT rights. The new law, brought in last month, invalidated several local...
View ArticlePearl Jam join Springsteen in cancelling North Carolina show over anti-LGBT law
Band follow Ringo Starr and Bryan Adams in calling off concert, calling new law ‘a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination’...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Show Cancelled Due To Anti-LGBT ‘Bathroom Bill’
Pearl Jam has become the latest artist to boycott North Carolina over their controversial anti-LGBT legislation. The rock group that rose to fame during the 1990’s grunge period announced on April 18...
View ArticleNorth Carolina's anti-LGBT law could cost the state millions in lost revenue
State’s tourism officials say the economic losses have quadrupled in the past week as the city of Raleigh has already lost $3m...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancel North Carolina Concert Over 'Despicable' HB2 Law
Pearl Jam are the latest musical act to cancel their concert in the North Carolina after the introduction of a controversial law that many deem anti-transgender. The rock group were due to perform in...
View ArticleCountry superstar Garth Brooks to play Raleigh's PNC Arena
Steve Eisenstadt of Raleigh goes to a lot of concerts, probably scores of them per year. But his 2016 total might be down from years past, thanks to artists boycotting North Carolina over House Bill 2....
View ArticleRaw Video: HB2converge on Legislative Building
Hundreds of supporters of a new North Carolina law that limits LGBT rights rallied downtown Monday to defend it against what pastors and Republican lawmakers said were lies churned into a smear...
View ArticleUK issues travel warning to the US: Anti-LGBT sentiment in America's south
A travel warning issued by the UK is delivering some cautionary advice to British citizens wishing to travel to America’s south – no, it’s not the Zika virus, though it’s a similar fast-spreading...
View ArticleForeign Office warns LGBT tourists of North Carolina and Mississippi travel
UK updates travel advice after states impose new laws condemned by campaigners as ‘anti-gay’...
View ArticleMaroon 5 Cancels North Carolina Shows To Protest Anti-LGBT HB2
Maroon 5 just became the latest band to cancel upcoming shows in North Carolina, the move came in response to the state’s highly controversial HB2, otherwise known as the “bathroom bill.” HB2 has...
View ArticleACC latest blow for North Carolina governor's re-election
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Gov. Pat McCrory frames the debate over North Carolina's law about transgender people and restrooms as one of common sense and safety and privacy. Yet try as he might, he can't...
View ArticleAnti-transgender bathroom hysteria, explained
Bathrooms have become a huge political battleground in America. On Wednesday, the Trump administration took its first major anti-LGBTQ policy action — by rescinding a guidance that protected...
View ArticleNCAA pulls men's basketball tournament games out of NC over LGBT 'bathroom law'
NDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has pulled seven championship events from North Carolina, including opening-weekend men's basketball tournament games, for the coming year due to a state law that some say...
View ArticleDemi Lovato And Nick Jonas Cancel Concerts In North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT...
There has already been a growing number of musicians, bands, and celebrities who have voiced their opposition to North Carolina’s HB2 law, and now singers Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas are also on that...
View ArticleHundreds of Thousands Call for Repeal of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law As...
(Source: Human Rights Campaign) RALEIGH, NC- 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...
View ArticleThese Musicians Are Speaking Out Against North Carolina’s ‘Anti-LGBT’ Law
On March 23, lawmakers in North Carolina voted in favor of a bill that will prevent transgender people from choosing which bathrooms to use and ban cities in the state from passing legislation designed...
View ArticleThe imaginary predator in America's transgender bathroom war | Video
You have to pee. If you're like 99% of America, you look at pictograms, predictable gender binaries, to guide you toward the appropriate toilet. A person in pants on the left. A person in a dress on...
View ArticleNorth Carolina's Anti-LGBT 'Bathroom Bill' Is Flushing the State's Music...
With Pearl Jam and Boston joining Bruce Springsteen in cancelling their respective North Carolina shows in protest of the state’s controversial Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (HB2) law --...
View ArticleNCAA pulls 7 postseason events out of North Carolina due to LGBT law
Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men’s basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can lead to...
View ArticleNCAA cancels North Carolina championship events over LGBT law
Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men’s basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can lead to...
View ArticleNCAA pulls 7 postseason events out of NC due to LGBT law
Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men’s basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can lead to...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Music Lovers Tell Us Why They're Happy Artists Are Boycotting...
“'Keep the men out of the ladies’ rooms!'” That’s 33-year-old North Carolinian Aaron Fitt impersonating the pearl-clutching right-wingers of his state. Their support of the month-old “bathroom bill”...
View ArticleNorth Carolina reels from business backlash to anti-LGBT law
Raleigh’s convention center has lost $2.4m of bookings and big names in music are staying away from the state despite the governor’s attempt to backpedal...
View ArticleMumford & Sons Hates North Carolina’s ‘Transgender Bathroom Bill,’ Band...
Mumford & Sons is performing in North Carolina tonight, April 14, and the band will donate the profits to a local LGBT organization, reports Fortune. This is in response to North Carolina’s recent...
View ArticleIn North Carolina, Musicians Face Off Against HB2
i North Carolinian Rhiannon Giddens, who opposes HB2, says she struggled with whether to speak out against the bill from stage: "How can I use my platform for good without jeopardizing everything so...
View ArticleTexas’ anti-transgender bathroom bill, explained
Texas’ lieutenant governor is leading the charge for a new bathroom bill — by touting a big myth. Last year, North Carolina Republicans passed a sweeping anti-LGBTQ law that, among other measures,...
View ArticleTop 10 Conservative Idiots #2-9: Wall Of Meat Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-9: Wall Of Meat Edition Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! We are back! You know if there's one thing you can count on, much like a Donald Trump Tweet getting...
View ArticleThe big political battle over transgender people in bathrooms, explained
Bathrooms have become a major political battleground in America. Just consider what happened on Wednesday, May 4, alone. The Department of Justice told North Carolina that its anti-LGBTQ law was in...
View ArticleDuran Duran Performs in North Carolina Despite Boycotts by Others
North Carolina’s controversial HB2 law, has seen high profile musicians and performers cancel their upcoming shows in protest. This didn’t stop Duran Duran from performing in the state on Saturday....
View ArticleRingo Starr Cancels North Carolina Show Over 'Bathroom Bill'
Ringo Starr is taking a stand alongside Bruce Springsteen and an ever-growing list of musicians by canceling an upcoming North Carolina concert to protest the state's controversial HB2, also known as...
View ArticleMusicians trade in boycotts for activism to fight North Carolina's 'bathroom...
Animal Collective, Mumford and Sons and Duran Duran among performers who have turned concerts in state into fundraisers as part of NC Needs You movement...
View ArticlePGA Championship Will Stay In Charlotte, North Carolina, Despite Divisive...
The 2017 PGA Championship will stay in Charlotte, North Carolina, even though its governing organization opposes the state’s controversial House Bill 2, which prevents transgender people from using...
View Article'Bathroom bill' to cost North Carolina $3.76 billion
World News Mon, 27 Mar 2017 By EMERY P. DALESIO and JONATHAN DREWAssociated Press Raleigh, North Carolina: Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy,...
View Article“Bathroom bill” to cost North Carolina $3.76 billion in lost business over 12...
RALEIGH, N.C. — 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...
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