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Any day now, the NCAA will announce which cities will host championship events from 2018-2022.

Through emails and , tens of thousands of you have told the NCAA and its president Mark Emmert: Stay out of North Carolina. Don鈥檛 condone discrimination.

In late March, the Republican-led legislature and Democratic governor cynically came together to endorse , deceptively labeled a 鈥渞epeal鈥� of now-notorious anti-LGBT House Bill 2. In fact, by permanently banning protections allowing transgender North Carolinians to use the right restroom 鈥� which is necessary to fully participate in public life 鈥� and by prohibiting all local nondiscrimination ordinances until 2020, the new law doubles down on discrimination.

Rather than rejecting HB 142 for what it was, the that the new bill created a 鈥渕inimally鈥� acceptable nondiscriminatory environment. We didn鈥檛 know what that meant, so we asking potential host cities and schools how they plan on ensuring safety for transgender students, fans, athletes, and coaches.

HB 142 has the potential to set a dangerous precedent for other states if powerful organizations like the NCAA give them their blessing. Already, states like Texas are rushing to pass anti-trans bills like , a virtual copycat of HB 142.

Despite misleading media reports, tens of thousand of you understood that the replacement bill still allows discrimination. The NCAA would be wise to heed those calls and to listen to other credible voices telling them what the replacement bill means for transgender people:

• Team USA duathlete Chris Mosier, a man who is transgender, , 鈥淗B142 creates an unsafe environment for those who are, or are perceived to be, transgender. [HB 142] situates me as a transgender person as a threat 鈥� which I am not. And transgender people are not.鈥�
• that it will continue to prohibit state-sponsored travel to North Carolina because HB 142 鈥渄oes not cure鈥� discrimination. The Golden State joins , and , in addition to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C., in banning non-essential government travel because of HB 142.

We should also remind the NCAA that the day after its 鈥溾�� announcement, the North Carolina legislature introduced that would enhance criminal penalties for transgender people simply using the restroom consistent with their gender identity. That鈥檚 about as far from creating a safe environment as we can imagine.

Will the NCAA do the right thing? Don鈥檛 sit on the sidelines. .