North Carolina lawmakers to repeal anti-LGBT law HB2

A gender neutral sign was posted outside a bathroom at Oval Park Grill in Durham, North Carolina in May.

In return, the state Legislature – held by the GOP – promised to hold a special session on Tuesday to repeal its similarly controversial House Bill 2, or “bathroom bill”, that required individuals statewide to use the bathroom corresponding with the gender identity listed on their birth certificate.

Cooper issued a release praising the start of a process that would lead to a full repeal of HB2. Pat McCrory officially called the NCGA into special session, to convene in Raleigh on Wednesday morning. State law does not prohibit businesses from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

McCrory and the state lawmakers received national criticism from left-leaning media, corporations and celebrities who pushed back against H.B.

It’s indicative of the kind of world we’re living in that an anti-discriminatory law has to be repealed so a discriminatory law can be trashed.

But to assuage concerns about how wholeheartedly Charlotte acted to reverse the measure, the City Council is now re-repealing the anti-discrimination protection, with a new vote to put the city back exactly where it was before the expansion passed in February.

The law limits LGBT rights, including where transgender people can use bathrooms in schools and government buildings.

Some Republicans aren’t convinced McCrory’s defeat and the ordinance’s repeal is simply a coincidence.

Cooper, who was quick to take a strong stance against H.B.

“Today Roy Cooper and Jennifer Roberts proved what we said was the case all along: their efforts to force men into women’s bathrooms and shower facilities was a political stunt to drive out-of-state money into the governor’s race”, Republican leaders Phil Berger and Tim Moore said in written statement. And Charlie Reece, a Democratic member of the Durham city council, said he expects cities may pass new nondiscrimination ordinances of their own after the legislature repeals HB2.

Cooper has long argued that H.B. But given that Trump won North Carolina and McCrory lost, that seems to be the opposite of what happened. Following the passage of H.B.

Discussions about repealing the law increased after decisions by the NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference to move their championship events out of North Carolina this academic year. The touring circus company Cirque du Soleil also cancelled 15 North Carolina tour dates because of the law.

The council’s move is contingent on North Carolina fully repealing HB2 by December 31.

McCrory’s earlier statement also questioned the timing of Monday’s deal.

WECT reached out to members of the Wilmington-area delegation for comments on the vote by Charlotte City Council and possible repeal of HB2.

“There is no extraordinary circumstance”, said Rep. Jeff Collins, R-Nash, during a brief debate over session procedures, “other than the extraordinary hubris of a city council telling us we have to act by a certain date”.