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Texas governor says he won’t champion transgender bathroom bans any longer
But he wouldn’t say he wouldn’t sign one if the legislature put one on his desk.
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North Carolina Republicans are targeting transgender people again
Hours after the NCAA announced that the fake repeal of the state’s anti-LGBTQ law was good enough for games to resume in the state, legislators are at it again.
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Outgoing N.C. Gov. McCrory: Politics prevented ‘bathroom bill’ repeal
The state law also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide antidiscrimination protections.
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Charlotte rescinds pro-trans ordinance, saying North Carolina will repeal HB2
Charlotte City Council will likely pass some protections for the LGBTQ community in the upcoming year, but don’t expect trans public accommodations to be included.
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HB2 is still the law in North Carolina and so the boycott goes on
The San Francisco Symphony has canceled concerts scheduled for April at UNC’s Memorial Hall.
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Pat McCrory to meet with Trump two days after conceding in NC governor’s race
North Carolina might be rid of Pat McCrory, who signed anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 into law, but he could soon become the nation’s problem.
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Anti-trans NC governor finally concedes the election to pro-LGBT challenger
McCrory, who became the first sitting North Carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, was weighed down by a series of divisive laws he signed.
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Stall Cop: NC Governor Pat McCrory makes MAD Magazine’s ’20 Dumbest List’
McCrory signed HB2 into law, requiring trans people to use the bathrooms matching the gender identity on their birth certificates, as well as invalidating protections for the LGBTQ community.
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Newly revealed emails show North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law cost state 700 jobs
One email to city officials says the research firm’s CEO received pushback from his board when they were deciding where to create a base for operations.
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Same-sex couples appeal North Carolina’s religious objections law
Two of the plaintiffs are from a county where all magistrates recused themselves from performing marriages thanks to the new law.
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McCrory files for statewide recount in NC governor’s race, critics say ‘Move On’
Gov. McCrory, who is down thousands of votes, saw his approval rating took a nosedive after signing anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 into law.
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NC governor’s race drama continues as Democrat Cooper picks transition team
It looks like signing anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 into law has cost Gov. Pat McCrory his reelection bid in North Carolina, and Roy Cooper is ready to officially become governor.
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Democrat’s lead widens amid voter fraud claims in NC governor’s race
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is fighting for his political life in a battleground state that Donald Trump won by a relatively comfortable margin.
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Gov. Pat McCrory still thousands of votes short in North Carolina race
At last count, the antigay governor trails attorney general Roy Cooper by 5,000 votes.
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Gov. Pat McCrory appears defeated in NC but won’t concede to Roy Cooper
Gov. McCrory is awaiting the full count of provisional ballots and could also call for a recount.
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Chelsea Clinton met a brave bullied girl worried Trump would harm her gay dad
Chelsea Clinton said she wants kids, including her two young children, to live in a country where “Love Trumps Hate” is more than just a slogan.
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Desperate NC Republicans try to shut down paper’s public forum on anti-LGBTQ law
Republicans filed a complaint to the elections board trying to stop a forum on their discriminatory law, which cost the state millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.
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Charming lesbian couple of 50 years star in new North Carolina campaign ad
This couple stole our hearts with their voting and pro-Clinton ads, and now they are out with one supporting transphobic Governor McCrory’s challenger, Roy Cooper.