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Texas House speaker pans bathroom bill & exposes GOP divide on trans rights
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus’ comments underscore an escalating ideological battle between the GOP’s business-minded base and far-right grassroots activists.
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UNC president: We’re having problems filling jobs because of new anti-LGBT law
Recruited candidates have ruled out moving to North Carolina because of the law, and she’s unaware of any academic talent embracing a move because of it.
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NC governor: Talks continue with GOP to repeal anti-transgender law HB2
A deal with legislative leaders to repeal a bill that directs which bathrooms transgender people can use in some buildings is still possible
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Catholic group preys on fear & calls trans people ‘the family’s worst enemy’
Be aware: The American College of Pediatricians isn’t a real medical group. It’s an anti-LGBTQ religious right front group.
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‘Bathroom cops’ may soon become a reality in Alabama
Alabama saw North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” and raised it with actual enforcement by guards.
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ACC likely to move football championship from NC again if law remains
“If it’s repealed I think I know what the answer would be with our presidents,” the commissioner said. “If it’s an adjustment and a partial repeal… I don’t know.”
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In inaugural speech, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper says he’ll fight discrimination
“When a law attempts to make any North Carolinian less in the eyes of their fellow citizens, I will fight it. I will stand up for you if the Legislature cannot or will not.”
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In red states, businesses are gearing up to fight anti-trans bathroom bills
“I honestly cannot believe that in 2016, I’m actually asked a question as to why I would support anti-discrimination groups,” the president of Tennessee’s NHL team said.
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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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Historians move conference from North Carolina to Maryland over HB2 law
Business historians are protesting the states’s controversial transgender law by moving the Business History Conference to Baltimore.