Rally to #RepealHB2 in Raleigh, North Carolina to be held on Monday

Rally to #RepealHB2 in Raleigh, North Carolina to be held on Monday

North Carolina NAACP

On Monday, April 25, the National Center for Transgender Equality, through their North Carolina Action Center, in collaboration with Equality North Carolina, the Human Rights Campaign, and the North Carolina NAACP, will be rallying against HB-2 in Raleigh, the state capital, and GLAAD will be on the ground to take part. This day of action comes after a wide array of businesses, organizations, and prominent figures have spoken out against this harmful law, and have called to #RepealHB2.

 

North Carolina biz leaders demand repeal of anti-transgender law t.co/f3AskLyeh1 via @CNBC #RepealHB2 #HB2 pic.twitter.com/wmWXu09F5s

— Trans Equality (@TransEquality) April 21, 2016

 

The North Carolina Action Center calls HB-2, a so-called “bathroom bill” that was recently signed into law, a “blatant attack on trans people” that takes away the rights of transgender individuals to use public restrooms in line with their gender identity. Additionally, HB-2 overrides all local ordinances addressing employment, wages, or public accommodations; essentially, HB-2 can allow the state government to completely minimize local nondiscrimination ordinances.

 

In an open letter to the trans community, NCTE said of the discriminatory law:

 

Make no mistake: this is terrible news. North Carolina has just written mandatory government discrimination into its law. You have every right to be angry. You have every right to be upset. You have every right to feel completely let down by the people who are supposed to be acting in your best interest.

 

This just means we’re going to keep fighting, and we’re fighting all the harder.

 

This coalition of pro-equality organizations will be protesting this harmful law in Raleigh on Monday. But first, they have distributed a petition for anyone in the country to sign. The groups will be delivering the petition to the North Carolina State House on Monday morning at 9:30 AM.

 

GLAAD will be on the ground on Monday to advocate for the repeal of HB-2. There will be events throughout the day, including the petition delivery, a speak-out, and trainings. The North Carolina NAACP has set up a Facebook event for the rally for anybody to check out and RSVP to.

 

Even if you may be unable to attend, you can still add your name to the petition to #RepealHB2. Additionally, you can use the hashtag #RepealHB2 on social media and contact Governor Pat McCrory to call for HB2’s repeal.

April 24, 2016

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NASCAR Stands Against North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law

NASCAR Stands Against North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law

This week, NASCAR spoke out against North Carolina’s discriminatory anti-LGBT law, HB 2, stating that the racing company is working to change it.

“We take the position that any discrimination, unintended or not, we do not like that,” Chairman Brian France said.

NASCAR’s statement follows an overwhelming number of CEOs who have urged North Carolina lawmakers to repeal HB 2. More than 180 leading CEOs and business leaders have signed onto an open letter urging Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal the radical provisions in the deeply discriminatory law that was rammed through the legislature on March 23.

Also this week NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s radical anti-LGBT HB 2 must be repealed or the league will move the 2017 All-Star Game out of the state.

Gov. McCrory and state lawmakers are under increasingly intense pressure to repeal the discriminatory HB 2 in next week’s legislative session. Mayors and governors across the country are banning travel to the state, musicians are cancelling concerts, and the New York Times editorial board called North Carolina a “pioneer in bigotry.” Major film studios and corporations, from PayPal to Deutsche Bank, have stopped investments in the state because of the new law. The United Kingdom’s Foreign Office has even warned its LGBT citizens of the risks of traveling to North Carolina. More than 180 leading CEOs and business leaders are urging Gov. McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal the deeply discriminatory law that’s bad for business and bad for North Carolina.

HB 2 has eliminated existing municipal non-discrimination protections for LGBT people and prevents such protections from being passed by cities in the future. In addition, the legislation prevents transgender students in public schools from using restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity. It also compels the same type of discrimination against transgender people to take place in publicly-owned buildings, including in public universities, major airports, and convention centers. Further, HB 2 revokes the ability to sue under state employment non-discrimination law on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, religion, national origin, and sex.  Lawmakers passed the legislation in a hurried, single-day session, and Gov. McCrory quickly signed it into law in the dead of night. The discriminatory law is already facing a legal challenge, and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said he will refuse to defend it in court.

North Carolina has the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first state in the country to enact a law attacking transgender students, even after similar proposals were rejected across the country this year — including a high-profile veto by the Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota. North Carolina school districts that comply with the law will now be in direct violation of Title IX, subjecting the school districts to massive liability and putting an estimated $4.5 billion of federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as funding received by schools from other federal agencies, at risk. This section of HB 2 offers costly supposed solutions to non-existent problems, and it forces schools to choose between complying with federal law — plus doing the right thing for their students — or complying with a state law that violates students’ civil rights. Read more about how this bill puts federal funding at risk here.

While the governor’s recent executive order extends protections to some state workers, it does nothing to fix the vile and discriminatory provisions he signed into law through HB 2. Under HB 2, transgender people are prohibited from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity in public buildings, including the University of North Carolina campus and the Raleigh-Durham Airport. Cities still cannot adopt ordinances to prohibit discrimination against their residents and visitors. And HB 2 still prevents individuals from bringing discrimination suit in state courts.

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