The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Lew Ebert spoke out Wednesday about the state’s controversial new anti-discrimination law, House Bill 2. In an interview with local TWC News, Ebert said that the Chamber doesn’t think that House Bill 2 will be repealed and that the chamber is suggesting ideas to bring HB2 in line…
North Carolina Representatives Chris Sgro, Pricey Harrison, Susan Fisher, and Kelly Alexander have introduced a comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination bill in the North Carolina General Assembly. This bill would be a companion to HB 946, sponsored by Representatives Jackson, Meyer, Hamilton and G. Martin, and SB 784, sponsored by Senators Van Duyn, J. Jackson, and Woodard. “Rather than…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Thursday, members of Congress will join cannabis industry leaders from across the country for a press conference to kick off National Cannabis Industry Association‘s sixth annual Lobby Days. More than 100 cannabis business professionals will travel to Washington, D.C., to take part in policy discussions and citizen lobby meetings to advocate for fair…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Tennessee became the latest state to sign into law discriminatory “religious freedom” legislation targeting the counseling profession and LGBTQ community, permitting counselors to deny services and refer clients based on the provider’s “strongly held principles” a clear violation of the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics. In light of the passage of SB1556/HB1840,…
WASHINGTON – Bullying is a serious public health problem, with significant short- and long-term psychological consequences for both the targets and perpetrators of such behavior, and requires a commitment to developing preventive and interventional policies and practices that could make a tangible difference in the lives of many children, says a new report from the…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Two Equality California-sponsored bills advancing the civil rights of LGBT people in California and across the country were approved by the California Assembly Monday. Assembly Bill (AB) 1887 was approved by a vote of 54-21 and AB 1732 passed by 55-19. AB 1887, authored by Asm. Evan Low (D-Campbell), would prohibit state-funded or sponsored…
The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, the state’s Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina and Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Justice also requested the judge prohibit the state from enforcing HB2 in regards to discriminating…
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is suing the federal government in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s determination that North Carolina’s discriminatory HB 2 violates federal civil rights law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. “The Obama administration is bypassing…
If North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory wanted support for his state’s HB 2, a law that would require a person to use a public restroom based on birth sex rather than gender identity, he need look no further than the LGBT community. Gay rights groups, always inclusive of bisexuals, resisted transgender inclusion for decades….
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC have sent letters to chancellors and presidents of the University of North Carolina and North Carolina Community College systems urging them to reverse implementation of the deeply discriminatory HB2. The letter from the two civil rights organizations come after the Department of Justice notified Margaret Spellings,…
