LGBT News NC lawmakers voted to repeal HB2, but issues still remain

salad · Mar 30, 2017

CNN: North Carolina leaders agree to repeal bathroom bill, but many see flaws

North Carolina lawmakers and the governor reached an agreement to repeal the state's controversial "bathroom bill," called HB2.

But LGBT groups immediately criticized the deal saying it's a "repeal" in name only -- with one advocate calling it "HB2.0" -- and it fails to protect transgender people from discrimination.
After much turmoil, Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor struck an agreement late Wednesday night that repeals HB2, but it also retains a critical component of it.

The deal leaves regulation of bathrooms solely in control of the state, meaning that cities and local governments can't pass their own anti-discrimination laws until December 2020.

Chris Sgro, executive director of Equality NC, called the agreement a "shell piece of a legislation," in which the LGBTQ groups had not been consulted.
"The initiative is not a repeal," he said. "It's doubling down on the discrimination that HB2 exacts -- it's HB2.0. It doesn't allow municipalities to protect people from discrimination till 2020."
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The new policy, according to the article:
- Repeals HB2
- Allows the state to regulate bathrooms
- Prevents local governments from dealing with employment/bathroom regulations themselves

I recommend reading the whole article.

mnguy · Apr 3, 2017

I haven't seen yet if the changes are sufficient for the NCAA to allow tournament games in NC again. That's all this is about, money for their state and basketball. I really hope the NCAA will see through their ploy and deny them until they include sexual orientation and gender identity in their state non-discrimination laws.

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