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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 鈥� LGBT rights groups challenging North Carolina鈥檚 House Bill 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender, today announced they will appeal part of a Friday district court ruling in order to seek broader relief for all transgender people in North Carolina before the case heads to a full trial.

On Friday, a district court judge blocked the University of North Carolina from enforcing the law against three transgender plaintiffs in the case and found that the challengers are likely to succeed in their argument that the law violates Title IX. In a notice of appeal filed today, the groups challenging the law announced plans to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to extend that ruling more broadly in order to protect all transgender people in North Carolina from the harms imposed by H.B. 2.

鈥淲e are thrilled that H.B. 2 is starting to crumble and relieved for our clients who had a huge burden lifted as a result of the court鈥檚 Friday ruling,鈥� said Chris Brook, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina. 鈥淏ut we know the harmful effects of H.B. 2 are far reaching, and that is why we are seeking broader relief for the thousands of transgender people who call North Carolina home.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and the law firm of Jenner & Block are challenging the law in federal court on behalf of six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina.

鈥淭hough the district court importantly recognized the serious harm to three of our clients as a result of H.B. 2, that recognition, unfortunately, didn鈥檛 extend to a ruling rectifying those harms for other transgender individuals in North Carolina,鈥� said Tara Borelli, Lambda Legal senior attorney. 鈥淲e are optimistic that H.B. 2鈥檚 days are numbered and are appealing Friday鈥檚 ruling in order to bring relief to all those who live in or visit North Carolina.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果 and Lambda Legal lawsuit, Carca帽o v. McCrory, was filed days after H.B. 2 was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory. In the lawsuit, the groups argue that through the law, North Carolina sends a purposeful message that LGBT people are second-class citizens who are undeserving of the privacy, respect, and protections afforded others in the state and that transgender individuals, in particular, are expelled from public life through H.B. 2鈥檚 mandate that they be forced out of restrooms and changing facilities that accord with who they are.

The complaint argues that H.B. 2 violates Title IX by discriminating against students and school employees on the basis of sex. It also argues the law is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment by discriminating on the basis of sex and sexual orientation and infringe upon the privacy and medical decision-making rights of transgender people.

To read more about the case: /cases/carcano-et-al-v-mccrory-et-al.