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Pat McCrory on Monday dismissed cricism of a ntroversial new law curbg LGBT anti-discrimatn protectns as "polil theater" that he says is ncted by left-wg activists, accg them of a "lculated smear mpaign" that clud threateng lol bs to oppose the measure.</p><p class="">In an terview wh NBC News, McCrory, a Republin who is nng for re-electn, said he would not heed lls to repeal the law, which blocks the cy of Charlotte — and any other lol ernment — om allowg transgenr people to e bathrooms that match the genr they intify wh.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">He st himself as a voice of reason, standg agast an asslt on "the norms and etiquette" that have existed for generatns. And he said the law don't discrimate agast anyone.</p><p class="">"This polil rrectns has gone amok," he said.</p><p class=""><strong>Related: <a href=">A Rhed Vote Draws North Carola Into Natnal Fight Over LGBT Rights</a></strong></p><p class="">The battle has been ragg sce last Wednday, when McCrory signed the law followg a hastily nvened special ssn of the state legislature aimed at headg off a Charlotte ordance that extend LGBT anti-discrimatn protectns, cludg the bathroom provisn.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">McCrory said he was fightg for people's privacy, and agast any ernment enty tellg bs how they should implement bathroom polici.</p><p class="">"Would you want a man to walk to your dghter’s shower and legally be able to do that bee mentally they thk they are of the other genr?" he said. "I happen to disagree wh that, but I’ll allow bs to make that cisn themselv."</p><p class="">At the same time, he acknowledged that the new law requir people at public schools and universi to e facili that reflected their genrs at birth.</p><p class="">McCrory lled that exceptn "mon sense."</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">The ernor spoke hours after a aln of gay-rights and civil-rights groups filed a lawsu agast him feral urt, argug that the new law vlated nstutnal eedoms of equal protectn and due procs — and a feral law agast discrimatn tnal stutns.</p><p class="">The North Carola lawmakers not only blocked the bathroom provisn, but prevented any lol ernment om passg ordanc that prohibed discrimatn public plac based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.</p><p class="">The groups filed the lawsu on behalf of two transgenr people and one lbian, all of whom are stunts or employe at public universi. They are named as platiffs.</p><p class="">One of them, Joaqu Carno, 27, who was born female but intifi as male — he sported light facial stubble on Monday — told NBC News he men's bathrooms but unr the new law will have to e women's rooms. He said he worried about the reactn.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class=""><strong>Related: <a href=">Corporate Boytts Bee Key Weapon Gay Rights Fight</a></strong></p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class="">Asked about Carno's suatn, McCrory rpond: "You know, we all have to make adjtments life. And we’ve had the proper etiquette suatn for s our untry, and all of a sudn through polil rrectns we’re throwg away basic etiquette."</p><p class="">Later, McCrory add: "I empathize wh the people who have some very unique needs. But at the same time don’t mean everyone else should have to promise a well tablished etiquette of men men's rtrooms and showers and locker rooms."</p><p class="">Sce McCrory's signg of the law, several large rporatns that do bs North Carola, cludg IBM and Dow Chemil, have e out opposn to . The NCAA said would monor the se cidg where to hold future basketball tournament gam. And the NBA suggted that the new law uld impact s cisn to hold the All-Star Game Charlotte next year.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">McCrory suggted that was all talk. "I have not had one pany say they're movg out of North Carola," he said.</p><p class=""><strong>Related: <a href=">Carola Discrimatory Law Bigger than Which Bathroom You Can Use</a></strong></p><p class="">He acced "left wg activist groups" of prsurg lol bs to oppose the new law. He ced one nversatn wh a small bs owner who reported receivg a threateng phone ll. "There is polilly rrect blackmail beg directed toward some of our bs," he said. "They are ught a very ordated polil theater."</p><p class="">He acced some the larger rporate crics, like Apple, of havg a double standard for speakg out agast the North Carola law while dog bs the Middle East and Cha unr qutnable human rights environments.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">And he cricized the media for not prsg those pani on those issu.</p><p class="">"They're worried about a North Carola bathroom ordance while payg people a dollar an hour Cha," he said. "There is a ltle b of rporate hypocrisy."</p><p class="">Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign, rpondg to McCrory's latt ments, emailed a statement Monday night llg the ernor's statement "malarkey."</p><p class="endmark">"Gov. McCrory’s statement today was malarkey, pure and simple," said HRC Senr Vice Print JoDee Wterhof. "While the ernor bizarrely go around the state to argue that no one lost any protectns, the realy is that he took away Charlotte's protectns for the LGBT muny and he moved North Carola backwards and forced transgenr stunts across the state to e rtrooms nsistent wh their genr inty."</p></div><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><div class="expand-byle-ntributors articleByleContaer"><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name">Ja Shamlian</span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="byle-social--lk"><span class="in in-twter"></span></a></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Ja Shamlian is a rrponnt for NBC News. Her reports appear on "TODAY," "Nightly News wh Brian Williams," and MSNBC. She joed the work 2005.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">In her time at NBC, Shamlian has vered a wi range of stori rangg om Hurrine Katra to the terrorist bombgs London to the Super Bowl.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Prr to jog NBC News, Shamlian worked as an anchor and reporter at WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate Chigo. She has also worked as a reporter and anchor for KHOU-TV and KPRC-TV, both Hoton. She started her reer at WOOD-TV Grand Rapids, Mich.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Shamlian is a graduate of the Universy of Missouri School of Journalism. 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nick mccrory gay

The Lester scm-half has thanked his ach and teammat for their ‘unbelievable’ support after g out as gay

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JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

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Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.

DAVID BOUDIA GIRLIEND: OLYMPIC DIVER IS NOT GAY, BUT HE IS TAKEN

Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. Boudia proposed to girliend Brand May 2012 -- puttg to rt the never-endg trollish and malic gay mors that follow divers, gymnasts and other male athlet who practice discipl not as "manly" as football, boxg or basketball. Gay mal also suffer through wter and uld e a nice diversn om shovelg snow.

LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT

The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support. I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others.

Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho/ShutterstockFellow Lester player Dunne revealed his bisexualy last year, around the same time Nassib announced he was gay and a few months before Atralian Cavallo ma headl across the world by sharg his news.

Last month, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels beme the first UK-based male footballer to e out as gay sce 1990. Nick McCarthy, a profsnal gby player wh Lester, has e out as gay, admtg that he prevly nsired walkg away om the sport due to his sexualy.

"IMPORTANT MOMENT" AS IRISH PRO GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY

"I feel if I n now help others e out profsnal sport or their everyday liv and make beg gay more normal and not a thg to be worried about, then that is a posive. NFL Coach Kev Maxen Com Out as GayKev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, me out as gay an exclive terview wh Cyd Zeigler of Outsports. He is believed to be the first out gay male ach the NFL and men’s profsnal sports.

"The ernor spoke hours after a aln of gay-rights and civil-rights groups filed a lawsu agast him feral urt, argug that the new law vlated nstutnal eedoms of equal protectn and due procs — and a feral law agast discrimatn tnal North Carola lawmakers not only blocked the bathroom provisn, but prevented any lol ernment om passg ordanc that prohibed discrimatn public plac based on sexual orientatn and genr groups filed the lawsu on behalf of two transgenr people and one lbian, all of whom are stunts or employe at public universi. Related: Corporate Boytts Bee Key Weapon Gay Rights FightAsked about Carno's suatn, McCrory rpond: "You know, we all have to make adjtments life.

Rugby player Nick McCarthy out as gay (Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Imag).

NFL COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Irish gby player Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, statg that he is “so much happier than [he] was”. Blackpool’s Jake Daniels ma history May as the UK’s first male pro-footballer to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu  1990. He told Sky Sports that “beg gay or bi or queer” men’s football is “still a taboo” subject, but that was a “massive relief” to e out.

Related: 5 gay pro athlet who broke ground by g out while still playg. McCarthy went on to discs some of the gay pneers athletics that helped spire him to share his tth wh his team and the world. “In turn, I feel if I n now help others e out profsnal sport or their everyday liv and make beg gay more normal and not a thg to be worried about, then that is a posive.

RUGBY PRO NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO MUCH HAPPIER’

That is the same dive that won openly gay diver Matthew Mcham gold the 10m platform Beijg.

Attorney General Roy Cooper will be North Carola's next ernor; he's a Democrat and stnch opponent of Hoe Bill 2, the tensely homophobic, transphobic bill signed to law by McCrory this year. “Shame on you, you anti-gay bigot.

RUGBY PLAYER NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY, GIV A SWEET NOD TO CARL NASSIB AND JOSH CAVALLO

They both live and ern durg tim of rapid change, particularly wh the way society treats gay and transgenr the two -- wh so much mon -- have arrived at very different nclns to the same basic qutn. In Geia, Deal cid to veto legislatn that targeted gay and transgenr people.

FORMER NC GOV. PAT MCCRORY CHASED AND CORNERED BY PROTTERS YELLG ‘SHAME ON YOU, ANTI-GAY BIGOT’ – WATCH

In North Carola, McCrory phed through legislatn a hastily lled, one-day special ssn of the Legislature to overturn a lol ordance Charlotte that protected people om North Carola law not only humaniz gay and transgenr people, blocks them om sug to protectg themselv and even go so far as to stop loli om raisg the mimum wage, makg harr for women, Ain Amerins, Hispanic people and other mori to climb out of both Geia and North Carola, the ernors faced extreme prsure om the bs muny, which opposed the anti-LGBT and Marvel, for example, told Deal that if he signed the law, they'd take their bs elsewhere. In North Carola, PayPal nceled a planned expansn Charlotte, stg the state 400 new the impact of the bs muny's actns and eds, Deal and McCrory ma their cisns om very different relig attus toward gay and transgenr people have improved -- rapidly -- and same-sex marriage has bee the law of the land, different fah muni have begun to nsir how they should are many open and acceptg muni of fah, which wele gay and transgenr members wh open arms and happily perform same-sex weddgs for lovg the evangelil muni, home to Deal and McCrory, the nversatn has been slower to velop as people of fah scerely ask themselv, "What would J do? Instead of targetg gay and transgenr people for discrimatn, stead of repeatg the ss of Rome who attacked and persecuted early Christians as lser people, we enurage all people of fah to support eedom, jtice and equaly for all our iends, fai and neighbors, regardls of who they are or who they love.

Male prottant nomatns have begun this nversatn, though their progrs vari Instute of Welg Rourc has been workg wh church sce the 1980s, and other efforts, such as the Reformatn Project, Gay Christian Network and Nomad Partners are workg particularly wh McCrory's cisn to force through hateful legislatn that hurts all of North Carola shows, we still have a way to go. But Deal, a Southern Baptist the heart of the Southern Baptist Conventn, shows that progrs is possible, and offers an example for how polil lears n approach issu of gay and transgenr cln.

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Nick McCarthy: Irish gby player out as gay .

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