The ruling importantly does not recognize a general constitutional right to discriminate based on religious beliefs.
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The ruling importantly does not recognize a general constitutional right to discriminate based on religious beliefs.
Today the Town Council of Apex, NC voted to pass an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, which protects residents from discrimination in a range of areas including sexual orientation, gender identity, and natural hair styles.
Asheville's ordinance becomes the 8th in North Carolina protecting LGBTQ residents from discrimination, one week after passage from Buncombe County Commission.
Tonight, the Buncombe County Commission voted 6-0 to pass an ordinance that protects residents from discrimination based on race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability.
One anti-transgender bill, HB358, will be heard by the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee today, April 14, at 12:00pm.
This week lawmakers in North Carolina proposed two bills that would jeopardize LGBTQ North Carolinians' access to healthcare in the state.
Today, state legislators in North Carolina introduced a package of bills to advance dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in North Carolina.
The bill is part of a wave of legislation targeting the transgender youth across the country
On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced a statewide update to the PowerSchool student information system which will provide "preferred name" fields populating student records.
Equality NC urges the NC congressional delegation – including Sens. Tillis and Burr – to follow their constituents' lead by protecting LGBTQ North Carolinians from discrimination.
