I used to tell everyone I wasn’t going to make it past 30 because I was convinced that I wasn’t. I was suicidal and pretty much a hermit—everything was wrong but I didn’t know why. Then I realized it was because I wasn’t living as a woman, so at 29 I decided to transition. I started to go out and meet people, and I learned that North Carolina isn’t really friendly toward transgender people. People just get quiet around you, they whisper. And my family was in shock. They tried to be supportive, but I don’t think they could cope with missing the son they had loved and raised—we haven’t really talked much since.
Staff Attorney Sasha Buchert delves into three types of anti-trans legislation to look out for: 1. “Bathroom Bills” 2. Pre-emption Bills 3. First Amendment Defense Acts (FADAs)
North Carolina Governor-elect Roy Cooper said legislative leaders have promised there will be a special session Tuesday to repeal the controversial House Bill 2, known as HB2, or the “bathroom bill.”
McCrory, who became the first sitting North Carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, was weighed down by a series of divisive laws he signed, including House Bill 2.
That law limited LGBT rights and directed transgender people to use restrooms in schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificates. It led to companies, sports organizations and entertainers pulling their business from the state, costing hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in spending.
North Carolina is being dealt a quarter-million dollar blow to its local economy after yet another company has opted not to do business with the ailing state over House Bill 2.
CoStar Group, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate analytics firm, has opted against opening a new operations center in Charlotte, one that would add 730 jobs to the local economy. The move would have reportedly meant a $250 million investment in the city, but CoStar announced plans on Monday to move to Richmond, Va., instead. Atlanta and Kansas City, Mo., had also been in the running for the center.
On Monday, October 24, 2016, an 18-year-old transgender girl said she experienced a feeling of “nothing but love and support” when her North Carolina high school announced that she was homecoming queen. Selena Milian had recently won the popular vote for the school award at Overhills High School in Spring Lake, NC the previous week—on Friday, October 21st.
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