Feds Tell North Carolina Governor That Anti-LGBT Law Violates Civil Rights Act
WASHINGTON -- A North Carolina law that bans transgender individuals from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity violates federal civil rights laws by discriminating against students and employees on the basis of sex, the Justice Department told Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Wednesday.
Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, wrote a letter that gives McCrory until Monday to confirm that “the State will not comply with or implement HB2,” according to The Charlotte Observer.
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