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North Carolina: 11 Arrested Protesting Anti-Transgender Law

HeadlineMay 17, 2016

In North Carolina, 11 people were arrested Monday in the latest protests over the state’s anti-transgender law. Hundreds of people descended on the state Legislature as part of the Moral Monday action, calling for North Carolina to repeal the law. Known as HB 2, or the bathroom bill, the measure nullifies ordinances protecting LGBT people from discrimination and forces transgender people to use the bathroom that matches what they were assigned on their birth certificate. The Justice Department has sued North Carolina over the law, which it calls discriminatory. But North Carolina has sued the government to defend the law. On Monday, the ACLU and Lambda Legal asked a judge to block enforcement of the law by issuing a preliminary injunction.

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