Foreign 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 ArticleNorth Carolina fails to repeal bathroom bill
North Carolina legislators failed to repeal HB2, the controversial "bathroom bill," Wednesday night. The failure is a setback for Gov.-elect Roy Cooper, who had announced the imminent repeal of the law...
View ArticleProtesters arrested during North Carolina 'bathroom bill' demonstrations
(CNN)At least 54 protesters were arrested at the North Carolina state house in Raleigh Monday, as pro- and anti-LGBT rights demonstrators descended on the state capital to protest or support a...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleMore Than 50 Arrested in North Carolina During Protests of Anti-LGBT Law
Dozens of people were arrested outside the North Carolina statehouse in Raleigh during a protest against the state’s anti-LGBT law House Bill 2 (HB2). Thousands of opponents of HB2—referred to by many...
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 ArticleAnti-transgender bathroom hysteria, explained
Bathrooms have become a major political battleground in America. On Monday, May 9, North Carolina officials sued the Obama administration to defend the state's anti-transgender bathroom law, meaning...
View ArticleN.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,...
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