HB2

Are enough lawmakers willing to repeal a law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms trans people can use in public schools and government buildings?

Undoing the law would be a step toward mending political divisions that remain raw well after Election Day.

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.

The San Francisco Symphony has canceled concerts scheduled for April at UNC’s Memorial Hall.

The bill would amend civil rights law to block transgender people from using the facilities that correspond to their gender unless they have had genital surgery.

Just a few GOP lawmakers now say they want the bill repealed, but Cooper believes more would be willing as the fallout of a national outcry continues to impact the state.

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.

“Loser.”

Lonely Planet has picked Asheville as its top U.S. destination for 2017, despite an anti-LGBT law that has led companies and entertainers to boycott the state.

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.

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.

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.

“Boycotting is one way to stand up to [HB2]. Another type of pressure is to go stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Duke and show our support.”

A Charlotte Chamber of Commerce official wrote in an email that CoStar was rethinking Charlotte “due to all of the press and chatter over HB2.”

The authority was one of the first business groups to warn the law would hurt commerce. The market generates about $5 billion in statewide economic activity.

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.

At last count, the antigay governor trails attorney general Roy Cooper by 5,000 votes.

Gov. McCrory is awaiting the full count of provisional ballots and could also call for a recount.

On both ends of the political spectrum, many voters say they’re more engaged than they’ve been in a while.

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.