Boston cancels 3 concerts over North Carolina LGBT law
The rock group Boston is the latest act to cancel concerts in North Carolina because of the state's new law on LGBT rights. Guitarist Tom...
View ArticleNC receives scorn, while Houston avoids boycott over loss of LGBT protections
Two weeks ago, in a statement about the controversy over House Bill 2, Gov. Pat McCrory’s press office questioned why North Carolina was being maligned, while another city without LGBT protections was...
View ArticleMore N.C. shows canceled over HB 2; Target hikes minimum wage (Video)
Today’s top local story: Pearl Jam and Boston are the latest national music acts to back out of shows in North Carolina because of HB 2, the newly signed state law officially named the Public...
View ArticleCountry superstar Garth Brooks to play Raleigh's PNC Arena
Boston is the latest musical act to cancel North Carolina over House Bill 2. The venerable classic-rock band, touring to mark the 40-year anniversary of its 1976 debut, was to have played three North...
View ArticleGov. Rauner and Legislators Meet with Transgender Illinoisans (Equality...
(Source: Equality Illinois) Citizens Meet with Governor and Legislators to Support Transgender IllinoisansAdvocates also push for a resolution to budget crisis SPRINGFIELD (April 15, 2016)-Advocates...
View ArticleBetween HB2 supporters and colleges: A cultural divide
Jesse Howie, a UNC Charlotte junior, is an articulate, involved student with a silver nose ring and hair color that’s apt to change from week to week. Howie, whose birth certificate says female, is...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancels Concert Over North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law
Pearl Jam is the latest musical act to cancel a concert in North Carolina in the wake of the state’s “anti-LGBT” HB2 legislation. “The HB2 law that was recently passed is a despicable piece of...
View ArticleBoston Cancels 3 Concerts Over North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
The rock group Boston is the latest act to cancel concerts in North Carolina because of the state's new law on LGBT rights. Guitarist Tom Scholz...
View ArticleCyndi Lauper to donate all profits from North Carolina concert to repeal...
Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, and Cirque du Soleil all canceled performances in North Carolina to protest the state’s anti-LGBT law. For Cyndi Lauper, the show will go on, but the singer announced...
View ArticleStatement from NCDP Chair Patsy Keever on Gov. McCrory’s Meet the Press...
(Source: North Carolina Democratic Party) 'Yesterday, Governor McCrory tried and failed to justify his job-killing discrimination law, HB2. During his interview on Meet the Press, McCrory was unable to...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancels North Carolina Show
© Mark Blinch / Reuters Pearl Jam canceled an upcoming show in Raleigh, N.C., in protest of...
View ArticleDeja Vu: Pat McCrory Echoes Disastrous Pence-style Defense of Anti-LGBT Laws...
(Source: Human Rights Campaign) McCrory says he will not repeal H.B. 2's attack on transgender equality WASHINGTON - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual...
View ArticleThe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Statement Condemning Recent State...
(Source: US Commission on Civil Rights) 17343e04-fbdf-45e5-84a1-8a3680259d2c.pdf April 18, 2016 The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Statement Condemning Recent State Laws and Pending Proposals...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor Doubles Down on Defending State’s ‘Bathroom Law’ (Video)
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to defy protests and criticisms of the state’s so-called bathroom law, widely seen as discriminatory against transgendered Americans. “I...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancels North Carolina Concert Over LGBT Law
Pearl Jam has canceled a concert in North Carolina over HB2, the state law that reverses LGBT protections put in place by local ordinances. In a statement...
View ArticlePearl Jam, Boston cancel North Carolina concerts over new LGBT law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two rock bands have become the latest to cancel concerts in North Carolina because of the state's new law on...
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 ArticlePearl Jam cancels North Carolina concert over new LGBT law
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two rock bands have become the latest to cancel concerts in North Carolina because of the state's new law on LGBT...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancels N Carolina Concert In Protest Of 'Despicable' Anti-LGBT Law
Pearl Jam canceled its concert on Monday that was scheduled for April 20 in North Carolina in protest of the law that eliminates local governments' ability to pass legislation to protect gay and...
View ArticleArtists with N.C. tours: Skip out or speak out?
For touring artists opposed to North Carolina’s “bathroom bill,” a complicated question looms: To boycott or not to boycott? Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Ani DiFranco and author Sherman Alexie are...
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