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| North Carolina Lawmakers To Repeal |
| North Carolina Lawmakers To Repeal Transgender 'Bathroom Law'
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-March-2017
12:26:7 PM |
| Lawmakers in the US state of North Carolina have reached an agreement to repeal a controversial law setting rules on which bathrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.
But the deal reported by US media still has to pass a series of hurdles in the state legislature on Thursday.
And gay and lesbian groups complained that even the new arrangement is unfair to them.
The initial legislation in the generally conservative southern state was a highlight of the broader cultural war between conservatives and liberals in contemporary America.
As passed in March 2016, the law, often referred to as HB2, stated that in schools and government buildings transgender people had to use restrooms corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate.
That rule was widely condemned as discriminatory, and resulted in North Carolina suffering a string of business boycotts.
Performers such as Bruce Springsteen and major sports groups cancelled events, and there was blowback from corporate titans such as Apple and Starbucks
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