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March 30, 2016

Amid Widening Protest, North Carolina Attorney General Says He Won't Defend Anti-Transgender Law
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North Carolina is facing a growing backlash over a new law barring
cities and towns from passing laws prohibiting discrimination against
LGBT people in public accommodations. The law, known as House Bill 2,
was introduced after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, passed an
ordinance seeking to protect the right of transgender people to use the
bathroom that matches their gender identity. On Tuesday night, North
Carolina's largest corporation, Bank of America, came out against the
anti-transgender law. Earlier in the day, 80 chief executives from
Facebook, Apple and other firms wrote an open letter to Governor Pat Mc
Crory opposing it. And North Carolina's attorney general, Roy Cooper,
who is running for governor against Pat Mc Crory, announced he would not
defend the new law in court. We'll have more on the story later in the
broadcast with a transgender student who is a plaintiff in the ACLU suit
against the law.
Topics:North Carolina LGBT

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