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actually care about women sport. they don t materially support women sport in any way. they weren t exactly vocal at the disparity between the ncaa women s basketball training facilities compared to the men s. this, i think, is really a proxy war for them having lost the bathroom bill fight, so it s just an attempt to control transknow trans people s bodies and try to legislate us out of public society. and as an activist, what does it mean to you that this has now become the new stage, the new chapter of the culture war, trans rights? i predicted this some years ago, sadly, because i saw that things with like the way that north carolina s hb 2 went and the backlash that it received, that the right wing wasn t going to win the bathroom war and
The Federal Equality Act Could Make Bills Like HB 2 Relics of the Past
Today, the U.S. House is set to pass the Equality Act, a sweeping bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in employment, housing, education, jury service, federally funded programs including healthcare, and businesses and any other spaces or entities that serve the public. These include retail stores, exhibitions, recreation, amusement and exercise providers, providers of goods, services and programs, and transportation service providers. The act covers public restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms as well.Â
Identified as one of President Joe Bidenâs top priorities in his first 100 days in office, the billâs passage would add protections for LGBTQ Americans to the nationâs existing civil rights laws and would protect women and girls in public accommodations for the first ti
Chapel Hill Adds LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Jade Wilson
It looks like Orange County is now the safest place for LGBTQ folks in North Carolina.
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to approve an update to their anti-discrimination ordinance on Wednesday night, which will protect people from discrimination in businesses and in the workplace. It is the third Orange County municipality to do so, following Hillsborough s historic Monday night vote and Carrboro s unanimous vote Tuesday.
The three towns came together to organize the effort after a key component of HB 142, the state s compromise after HB 2 s inception, expired in December 2020. Prior to this, local North Carolina municipalities were prohibited from enacting anti-discrimination laws for three years.
Hillsborough Becomes First Town to Enact LGBTQ Protections Post-HB 142
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Gay elected officials championing anti-discrimination ordinances to protect LGBTQ residents (L-R): Hillsborough Commissioner Matt Hughes, Chapel Hill Council Member Karen Stegman, Carrboro Council Member Damon Seils and Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle.
Not Raleigh, or Charlotte, or Greensboroâit was Hillsborough, a town of 7,000 people, who made history Monday night by enacting North Carolina s first LGBTQ anti-discrimination policy in the ashes of HB 142. The ordinance passed unanimously.
âThe nondiscrimination ordinances that Hillsborough and localities across the state will pass show the commitment we as local officials have to the constitutional principle of equal protection under the law,â Commissioner Matt Hughes said in a statement. âAs a biracial gay man myself, it brings me hope that our constituents know we not only see them, but that we will do all within ou