Facebook, Apple, Google, other tech CEOs demand North Carolina repeal anti-LGBT law

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC just released a letter addressed to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, urging him to repeal the provisions of House Bill 2. H.B. 2 eliminates non-discrimination ordinances and effectively writes into the state law of North Carolina discrimination against LGBT people. More specifically, it forces transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms and other facilities that are inconsistent with their gender identity. The legislation passed last Wednesday, with McCrory signing it into law that night.

The letter (pasted below) includes signatures from more than 80 CEOs, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Chad Griffin, president of the HRC and Chris Sgro, executive director of Equality NC, will deliver the letter to McCrory’s office on Thursday morning. They’ve also requested a meeting with Governor McCrory on Thursday.

by Megan Rose Dickey (@meganrosedickey)

Full Story: http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/facebook-apple-google-other-tech-ceos-demand-north-carolina-repeal-anti-lgbt-law/

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Backlash grows against North Carolina’s discrimination law

Eighty businesses have joined a growing backlash against a new North Carolina law ending anti-discrimination protections across the state.

Bank of America, based in Charlotte, has joined dozens of major firms publicly objecting to the law.

It also means transgender people must use bathrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates.

Republican Governor Pat McCrory said the law was protecting privacy and based on common sense.

New York, Vermont, Washington, San Francisco and Seattle have banned travel by public employees to the state as a form of protest.

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