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 bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity and limits other LGBT anti-discrimination protections. The PGA of America made the announcement on July 22, just one day after the NBA made the unprecedented decision to yank its 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina due to the divisive law. “The PGA of America strongly opposes North Carolina HB2,” the organization said in a written statement via ESPN. “It contradicts our...
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