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Lawmakers meet to take up Charlotte transgender ordinance
If the bill passes, it will deal a significant blow to the transgender movement.
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North Carolina lawmakers want to spend $42k/day to repeal Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance
There is enough support among North Carolina House members to call a special session that would consider blocking Charlotte’s new nondiscrimination ordinance.
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Bathrooms become battlegrounds in anti-discrimination debate
Most of the 20 largest U.S. cities now enforce state laws or local ordinances that include allowances for people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
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Charlotte passes LGBTQ public accommodations bill despite threat from Governor
Before the meeting, several hundred people stood outside in a wind-driven rain to protest the proposal, holding signs with messages such as: “No Men In Women’s Restrooms” and “Keep Kids Safe.”
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North Carolina governor threatens “legislative intervention” if Charlotte passes LGBTQ rights law
Governor Pat McCrory has pledged to support an attempt to nullify a proposed nondiscrimination law in the state’s most liberal city.
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Mayoral canddidate inspired by Kim Davis vows to “eradicate” gays by throwing them all in jail
“I would get the D.A. to swear out a warrant on any man who says he’s gay. Sodomy is a crime!”
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Young N.C. transgender activist Blake Brockington dies of suicide
Friends and community members on Tuesday mourned the passing of a Charlotte, N.C., transgender youth activist, Blake Brockington, who died as the result of suicide overnight.
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Charlotte, N.C., rejects LGBT-inclusive ordinances after hours of public debate
The Charlotte, N.C., city council has voted against expanding the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to include sexual orientation and gender identity to a list of protected groups.
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North Carolina mom believes bullying led to transgender teen’s suicide
Local LGBT community leaders in Charlotte, N.C., are responding with messages of support and encouragement, following the death Thursday of a transgender student. Ash Haffner, 16, died by suicide on Thursday.
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Benhams working to defeat Charlotte ‘depraved’ non-discrimination ordinance
David and Jason Benham say they’re working to defeat a proposed LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in Charlotte, N.C., which David Benham called “so depraved and just absolutely craziness.”