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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 McCrory
opposing it. Three North Carolina residents have already sued the state over the
law. And North Carolina’s attorney general, Roy Cooper, who is running for
governor against Pat McCrory, announced he would not defend the new law in
court.
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