Saturday, July 2, 2016

Breaking: North Carolina GOP Lawmakers Drafting New HB2 'Fix' After Pressure From NBA

House Republicans are reportedly drafting new legislation to amend HB2, amid pressure from the NBA which could move the 2017 All-Star Game out of state. HB2 is a virulently anti-LGBT bill that experts have deemed unconstitutional, which in addition to banning transgender people from using public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity, remove local control over minimum wage and employment discrimination ordinances.

The possible new bill would, as WBTV first reported, create "an official document that would recognize a person’s gender reassignment. The new document, which is treated as the equivalent as a birth certificate in the draft legislation, is referred to as a certificate of sex reassignment."...
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_north_carolina_gop_lawmakers_drafting_new_hb2_legislation_after_pressure_from_nba


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