And the fallout may not be over.
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The NCAA’s decision to pull seven championships out of North Carolina ratchets up the pressure on this college sports-crazy state to repeal its law on bathroom use by transgender people. The ACC Championship is scheduled for December 3 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
When Forest spoke, the North Carolina G.O.P. had already issued an official statement through a spokesperson, Kami Mueller, who seemed to imagine that allowing transgender women to use the women’s bathroom would not only pose a threat to others but would also mean the end of gender in every aspect of college sports.
More than 200 major CEOs and business leaders signed an open letter calling for full repeal of HB2 – including many of North Carolina’s largest employers.
After the NCAA announced its decision to pull championship events out of North Carolina, state Democrat lawmakers called for a special session to address House Bill 2 but there is no indication Republicans will agree to it.
North Carolina laws invalidate any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a goal to prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.
Access to public restrooms, locker rooms and changing areas has become a flashpoint in the battle over transgender rights in the United States as the North Carolina law has sparked boycotts by a number of corporations and entertainers. Pat McCrory and the entire N.C. Republican apparatus say, over and over.
The state of North Carolina is losing more athletic events as a result of its gender-specific bathroom law. I wish the NCAA was this concerned about the women who were raped at Baylor.
Included in the to-be-relocated events are two rounds of the heavily-attended NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The Division I women’s soccer championship scheduled for December 2 and 4 in Cary, just outside the capital city of Raleigh.
2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships, May 22-27.
We didn’t force the loss of seven NCAA championships, from Greensboro to Greenville; the NCAA just doesn’t care about protecting women.
(Cary), May 26 and 28.
2017 Division II Baseball Championship (Cary), May 27-June 3. But now his political miscalculations are forcing the Tar Heels and Blue Devils to play NCAA tournament games out of state.
The NCAA noted that five states – New York, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont and CT – plus numerous cities prohibit travel to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff. While ACC Commissioner John Swofford it would be “premature” to make any decisions about holding events in North Carolina for now, he also issued a clear statement Monday night against the law. Pat McCrory. The McCrory campaign recently unveiled a new TV ad in which McCrory defends HB2 as protecting privacy in restrooms and showers, though critics say the legislation is created to target transgender people for discrimination.
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“It seems that nearly every day, we learn of a new effect of HB2”.
