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Duke and UNC tip off March Madness in South Carolina thanks to HB2
The NCAA Tournament, a spring fixture in basketball-crazed North Carolina, is tipping off in South Carolina on Friday due to North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ law.
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Arkansas inches closer to transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Republican state senator Linda Collins-Smith wants facilities in government buildings limited to members of only one sex if multiple people will use it at the same time.
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Charlotte mayoral candidate sends a pooping dog GIF to defend his LGBT record
Sen. Joel Ford’s campaign manager is now limiting his use of GIFs on Twitter.
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Samantha Bee wants to help total non-bigot Pat McCrory find a new job
The former North Carolina governor said that he is having a hard time finding work because people think he is a bigot. (He is.)
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Some North Carolina lawmakers want to challenge the NCAA’s tax status as payback
Lawmakers want to challenge the status of the NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference because they removed championships from the state over an anti-LGBTQ law.
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Lost friends, public shaming & no job: The great fall of a former NC governor
Former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory thought signing House Bill 2 would make him popular, instead it sent him spiraling down and out.
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North Carolina Republican Senate leader in hot water over fake headlines
Berger’s team changed the headlines on stories he shared to his Facebook page in order to make anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 and the Republicans look better.
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Trump’s human rights rollback is about making trans people ‘the other’
The US has a long history of using “states’ rights” as an excuse to deny others a claim to basic human rights.
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Texas bathroom bill advances after 13 hours of passionate testimony
Unlike in North Carolina, where the law known as HB2 passed a year ago with broad Republican support, the Texas bill has split conservatives and faces a tougher road.
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Big hurdles face Texas’ bathroom bill ahead of first vote
Although the Texas bill is likely to sail through a Senate committee, the hotly contested measure faces a tough road ahead.