N.C. GOP’s failure to repeal discriminatory bathroom law is our call to action
North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature, which earlier this year passed a bill curbing legal protections for LGBT people, met in a special session last week to repeal the law — and then...
View ArticleStarr boycotts North Carolina over 'anti-LGBT' law
Ringo Starr has joined a growing list of artists and businesses boycotting North Carolina to protest its change to transgender laws. The former Beatle had been due to play at the Koka Booth...
View ArticleWhy did North Carolina’s deal to repeal HB2 come undone?
A deal to scrap House Bill 2 (HB2), the “bathroom bill” that’s caused tremendous tension in the Tar Heel State, fell apart Wednesday night in a raucous special session where state legislators hurled...
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 ArticleACC latest blow for North Carolina governor's re-election
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 shake the narrative from...
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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleTop lawmaker: North Carolina rights law will stay in place
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina legislative leader said Wednesday he doesn't see the need to repeal or revise a law that limits protections for the LGBT community. At a news conference on the...
View ArticleAnimal Collective Release Two Live Albums To Combat North Carolina's...
Different bands are taking different routes to combat North Carolina's controversial anti-LGBT "bathroom bill." For psychedelic warriors Animal Collective the route is by releasing live albums to raise...
View ArticleThe Latest: ACLU: Don't enforce transgender bathroom bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on developments surrounding North Carolina's LGBT law (all times local): 12:45 p.m. The American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal judge to keep authorities from...
View ArticleMaroon 5 cancel North Carolina shows over anti-LGBT bathroom law
Maroon 5 have become the latest band to cancel planned gigs in North Carolina, after the state passed an anti-LGBT law that forces transgender people to use the public bathroom of their sex at birth....
View ArticleBeyonce says get in formation – against the bathroom bill
The Queen has spoken, and she does not approve of North Carolina’s Bathroom Bill. Beyonce released a statement on House Bill 2 as she performed Tuesday in Raleigh. “As the Formation World Tour makes...
View ArticleNorth Carolina's governor planted questions from fake reporters to avoid...
North Carolina has suffered major fallout over its controversial "bathroom law" that could lead to anti-LGBT discrimination — and Gov. Pat McCrory's team is trying to avoid questions about it. At a...
View ArticleTarget’s Transgender Bathroom Policy Boycott Grows, #BoycottTarget Is Born
Target’s new transgender bathroom policy has thrust the retail into the national spotlight. Being the first retailer to officially weight in on the transgender bathroom subject, Target has set itself...
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