Greensboro Joins Four N.C. Communities In Reinstating LGBTQ Protections
by
Neal Charnoff
Greensboro City Council members. Photo courtesy Greensboro-nc.gov.
Greensboro has joined four other North Carolina cities in passing nondiscrimination ordinances for LGBTQ people.
The actions followed the recent expiration of a ban on such rules by local governments. The moratorium that expired last month was implemented in 2017 as the result of a compromise between Republican legislators and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to get rid of HB2, the state’s 2016 so-called “bathroom bill.”
Greensboro’s resolution essentially reinstated protections that had been nullified by the state. Language was added that further defines sexual orientation and gender, and protects people from discrimination based on hairstyles.