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Apr 20, 2016 · North Carolina governor Pat McCrory says the ruling "puts a whole new dynamic" on a state law he signed addressing bathroom use and limiting LGBT discrimination protections. Gov. Pat McCrory spoke ...
Mar 23, 2017 · The Bathroom Bill That Ate North Carolina. ... They booted Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who had vigorously defended HB2, out of office and elected Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat who ran ...
- HB 2's Origin Story
- A Controversial Compromise
- Different Year, Same Fight
HB 2 was passed just weeks after Charlotte, the state’s largest city, enacted an LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance that explicitly allowed trans people to use public facilities that match their gender identity, as opposed to their sex assigned at birth. That year alone, at least 16 stateshad considered laws limiting transgender access to sex-segr...
Democrats and Republicans alike were eager to find a solution. The result was House Bill 142— passed in March 2017, almost exactly a year after HB 2. The new law, however, stopped short of a full repeal of HB 2. It was denounced by many LGBTQ advocates, and even Cooper admitted at the time that it was “not a perfect deal” and “not my preferred solu...
The long battle has underscored the North Carolina General Assembly’s control over local governance, according to Jillian Johnson, mayor pro tempore of Durham.“North Carolina cities and counties have to have the authority to pass legislation,” Johnson, who identifies as queer, said. “We spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is and isn’t all...
- Dan Avery
May 8, 2016 · On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, the DOJ sent Gov. Pat McCrory a letter stating he and the state of North Carolina are in violation of the Civil Rights Act since passing House Bill 2.
During Thursday's U.S. Senate debate at the WRAL Studios, former Gov. Pat McCrory said he did not regret signing the controversial "bathroom bill" during his time as governor of North Carolina.
Oct 25, 2016 · In a gubernatorial debate Tuesday night, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) defended his signing of House Bill 2 earlier this year, which included a ban on transgender individuals using the bathroom of the gender with which they identify.
May 11, 2016 · CNN —. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday defended his state’s contentious “bathroom bill,” calling it a response to activist overreach while criticizing the federal government ...