Federal judge blocks UNC from enforcing discriminatory provision of anti-LGBTQ HB2 law

A federal judge has suspended enforcement of one of the discriminatory provisions of North Carolina’s HB2 law until plaintiffs have an opportunity to fully make their case in court. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder blocked the University of North Carolina (UNC) from enforcing the provision which prevents transgender people from using restrooms and other facilities…

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HRC and Equality NC urge UNC leadership to reject HB2 and comply with federal civil rights law

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,…

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