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RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥� The North Carolina General Assembly today passed a bill that does not repeal the discriminatory HB 2 law. Instead, it keeps in place the most harmful parts of the law.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina is delivering a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper urging him to veto the measure 鈥� although Cooper has voiced his support for the proposal and is expected to sign it into law.

The new bill bars any protections for transgender people using restrooms or other facilities in schools or other state or local government buildings. This means schools, court houses, city halls, government agencies, and more cannot allow transgender people to use the right restroom.

It also prevents cities from passing any protections for employment discrimination or discrimination by places of public accommodation 鈥� for LGBT people or anyone 鈥� until 2020.

鈥淭his is not a repeal of HB 2. Instead, they鈥檙e reinforcing the worst aspects of the law,鈥� said James Esseks, director of the 老澳门开奖结果 LGBT Project. 鈥淣orth Carolina lawmakers should be ashamed of this backroom deal that continues to play politics with the lives of LGBT North Carolinians.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal will continue to defend right of transgender people to use restrooms and changing facilities consistent with their gender identity, as federal law requires. The lawsuit, which includes claims for the damages inflicted by H.B. 2, will continue, and the legal team will seek to amend the lawsuit to challenge H.B. 142 as well.

H.B. 2, which was introduced and signed into law in just 12 hours and without public input and has faced widespread opposition from the general public, banned many transgender people from restrooms and other public facilities matching their gender and prohibits local municipalities from extending nondiscrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

鈥淟awmakers replaced a bad bill with another bad bill. This fake repeal is an attempt to silence LGBT people,鈥� said Simone Bell, southern regional director at Lambda Legal. 鈥淚t is shameful to stamp a start date on equality. We demand a full, clean repeal, and that includes comprehensive non-discrimination protections. Do not leave our community unprotected in the name of 鈥榗ompromise.鈥� We urge the governor to veto this bill and we encourage the NCAA to stay on the right side on history.鈥�

Sarah Gillooly, policy director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, said, 鈥淭he governor and General Assembly may be turning their backs on LGBT North Carolinians today, but we are not. We will continue to fight in court for transgender people to access the restrooms that correspond to their gender identity and for equal protection for the entire LGBT community in North Carolina.鈥�

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