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Maine basketball uses game in North Carolina to show LGBTQ support
“Boycotting is one way to stand up to [HB2]. Another type of pressure is to go stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Duke and show our support.”
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Southern Conference doesn’t want to ‘punish’ N.C., so won’t pull championships
While the league “reaffirmed their resolute opposition to legislation that discriminates against any individual,” the conference is standing pat.
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Another day, another sportsball group pulls out of North Carolina over HB2
The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving championship games out of North Carolina due to the state’s anti-LGBTQ HB2 law, following the NCAA and NBA.
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Lesbian coach sues Catholic school that fired her for having a wife
She says the school found out about her marriage after her sister-in-law sent them photos from the wedding following an argument.
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After rejecting North Carolina, NBA taps New Orleans for All-Star Game
The NBA decided last month that it wouldn’t hold its event in North Carolina because of a state law that limits protections for LGBTQ people.
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Gov. Chris Christie: NBA’s move of All-Star Game is ‘grandstanding’
“I know what it is,” declared the notoriously anti-trans governor. Well, he would know, right?
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She’s got gay: WNBA’s MVP comes out, reveals she’s engaged at Olympics
Although social media often features her fiancée, Elena Delle Donne has only now revealed she is gay and engaged.
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Out basketball honcho Rick Welts influenced NBA move of All-Star game
The Golden State Warriors president told his fellow owners that he would not go to North Carolina because of H.B.2.
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‘SHAME ON THEM:’ owner of Hornets blasts NBA, Charlotte, trans people
“This is plain wrong,” wrote Hornets owner Felix Sabates, in an email that blames the loss of the All-Star game on Charlotte’s city council.
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Hey, you wanna be my All-Star city? You know you want it.
Like a bunch of bear chasers, cities across the nation are competing for a hookup to host next year’s NBA contest.