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Citizen group drops lawsuit over North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’

Lawyers from Alliance Defending Freedom, who represented the group, said in a statement that North Carolinians for Privacy is shifting to a "supporting role" in the fight against trans equality.
By Associated Press
Citizen group drops lawsuit over North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A citizens group has dropped its lawsuit defending a North Carolina law that limits LGBT rights and requires transgender people to use bathrooms in many public buildings matching the sex on their birth certificate.

North Carolinians for Privacy filed a notice Wednesday that it was dismissing its case, one of several pending in federal court.

The state’s Republican leaders are continuing to defend the law in two other cases. A trial is scheduled for November.

Lawyers from Alliance Defending Freedom represented the group. The alliance said in a statement that it’s shifting to a supporting role.

The so-called HB2 law requires transgender people to use restrooms in many public buildings matching the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity. It also limits other antidiscrimination protections for LGBT people.

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