The Latest: ACC considers return after 'bathroom bill' deal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a compromise proposal to overturn North Carolina's "bathroom law" (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The Atlantic Coast Conference says it will consider bringing...
View ArticleNorth Carolina likely to repeal 'bathroom bill'
North Carolina is set to repeal its controversial so-called "bathroom bill." Governor-elect Roy Cooper said lawmakers decided to call a special session to discuss House Bill 2 after the city of...
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor signs ‘bathroom law’ repeal
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on a compromise proposal to overturn North Carolina’s “bathroom law” (all times local): 4:10 p.m. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he has signed into law a measure that...
View ArticleThe Latest: NC will ask companies to return after HB2 repeal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a compromise proposal to overturn North Carolina's "bathroom law" (all times local): 4:40 p.m. North Carolina's commerce secretary says he'll start calling companies...
View ArticleThe Latest: Springsteen band member unhappy with HB2 change
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a compromise proposal to overturn North Carolina’s “bathroom law” (all times local): 2:45 p.m. North Carolina’s rollback of the state’s “bathroom bill” doesn’t...
View ArticleJustice Department Says Anti-Transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ Violates U.S. Civil...
According to a CNN report, the Justice Department has weighed in on North Carolina’s controversial anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” officially known as HB2, and the news isn’t good for the state. The...
View Article2 bands cancel North Carolina concerts over new LGBT law
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2015, file photo, Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam, performs at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York. Rock bands Pearl Jam and Boston are...
View ArticleBeyonce Speaks Out Against North Carolina Bathroom Bill Before Concert
Beyonce has dabbled into the debate about North Carolina’s HB2 law that requires transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond to their sex at birth. Unlike a few other musicians,...
View ArticleMaroon 5 Joins Boycott of North Carolina Over Bathroom Law
Maroon 5 has joined the boycott of North Carolina to protest the state’s new anti-LGBT bathroom legislation, cancelling two upcoming shows in Charlotte and Raleigh. “This was a difficult decision for...
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 ArticleMore concerts cancelled over transgender law
US rock bands Pearl Jam and Boston have cancelled shows in North Carolina over a new state law they call discriminatory against transgender people, the groups said on Monday. The cancellations...
View ArticleMore concert cancellations over transgender law
US rock bands Pearl Jam and Boston have cancelled shows in North Carolina over a new state law they call discriminatory against transgender people, the groups said on Monday. The cancellations...
View ArticlePearl Jam Cancel Raleigh Concert to Oppose 'Bathroom Bill'
Pearl Jam have canceled their Wednesday night concert in Raleigh, North Carolina to protest the state's recently passed HB2, also known as the "bathroom bill." In a handwritten statement, the band told...
View ArticleDeep Divide Stops Effort to Repeal North Carolina's Controversial 'Bathroom...
A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina's anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning their state will keep being shunned by...
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 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 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 ArticleNCAA relocates 7 events pulled from NC due to LGBT law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA relocated its men's basketball regional tournament to Greenville, South Carolina, on Friday after withdrawing the event from Greensboro, North Carolina, because of that...
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 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...
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