Richard Soris on anti-gay and anti-transgenr legislatn at the state level, which threatens L.G.B.T. civil rights plac like North Carola.
Contents:
- NORTH CAROLA AND THE GAY-RIGHTS BACKLASH
- VA. URT LG THREATENS KEY PART OF N.C. ANTI-GAY LAW
- NORTH CAROLA SENATE REVIV ATTACKS ON LGBTQ+ NORTH CAROLIANS, THIS TIME BY PASSG “DON’T SAY GAY OR TRANS” BILL EVEN MORE EGREG THAN FLORIDA’S
NORTH CAROLA AND THE GAY-RIGHTS BACKLASH
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The Republin litenant ernor of North Carola has said he will not rign or back down over remarks which he lled transgenrism and homosexualy “filth” Robson, the first Ain Amerin to hold the post, ma the remarks qutn at Asbury Baptist church Seagrove, North Carola, June.
“There’s no reason anybody anywhere Ameri should be tellg any child about transgenrism, homosexualy, any of that filth, ” he said, vio posted to social media.
VA. URT LG THREATENS KEY PART OF N.C. ANTI-GAY LAW
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A top Republin polician North Carola is facg a wave of outrage and backlash, cludg lls for rignatn, om elected officials and var human rights groups over his recent discrimatory ments that likened gay and transgenr people to “filth”.
Right Wg Watch, a project of the advocy group People For the Amerin Way, posted the vio on social media last the vio, Robson n be heard sayg: “There’s no reason anybody anywhere Ameri should be tellg any child about transgenrism, homosexualy, any of that filth … And y, I lled filth, and if you don’t like that I lled filth, e see me and I’ll expla to you.
After the 2016 shootg at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, Robson wrote, “I pray for the souls of all those killed … However, homosexualy is STILL an abomable s.
NORTH CAROLA SENATE REVIV ATTACKS ON LGBTQ+ NORTH CAROLIANS, THIS TIME BY PASSG “DON’T SAY GAY OR TRANS” BILL EVEN MORE EGREG THAN FLORIDA’S
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Crics ll the law anti-LGBT, sayg discrimat agast gay and transgenr rints. But not everyone the gay-rights muny saw thgs that way. The Human Rights Campaign says that forty-four anti-transgenr bills have been troduced sixteen stat over a siar Wednday, North Carola state lawmakers shed through a sweepg anti-gay and anti-transgenr law that elimat all lol L.
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