老澳门开奖结果 and Lambda Legal Ask Court to Block Enforcement of North Carolina鈥檚 Anti-Transgender Law
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities.
The three organizations and the law firm of Jenner and Block are challenging the law, House Bill 2, on behalf of six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina. They filed today鈥檚 motion for preliminary injunction while the case proceeds through the court system.
鈥淗B 2 is causing ongoing and serious harm to transgender people in North Carolina and must be put on hold while it is reviewed by the court,鈥� said Chris Brook, 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina legal director. 鈥淭he Justice Department has made it clear that HB 2 violates federal law. Gov. McCrory and the North Carolina Legislature wrote into state law discrimination against transgender people who just want to be able to use public facilities safely and securely.鈥�
Kyle Palazzolo, Lambda legal staff attorney, said, 鈥淓ach day that transgender North Carolinians are singled out by this harmful law, whether they are at school, at work, or just moving through their daily lives in society is another day the state is causing irreparable harm to an already vulnerable community. As Attorney General Lynch said this week, 鈥榥one of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something they are not, or invents a problem that doesn鈥檛 exist as a pretext for discrimination and harassment,鈥� and we couldn鈥檛 agree more.鈥�
Last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and Gov. McCrory for violating Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, Title IX, and the Violence Against Women Act just hours after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice that asks a federal court to determine that HB 2 does not violate federal civil rights laws.
The filing can be found at:
/sites/default/files/field_document/carcano_pi_memo_-_final.pdf
To read more about the case: /cases/carcano-et-al-v-mccrory-et-al