passage of House Bill 2, a piece of legislation that forever transformed North Carolina and the fight for transgender rights in the United States and around the world.
On this notorious anniversary, our country is also on the precipice of passing a federal law protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in every area of life, including housing, public spaces, healthcare, and more.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act earlier this month, and it’s up to the U.S. Senate to take the bill and enact its critical protections once and for all.
Central to those conversations will be U.S. Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis from N.C. It’s incredible to think how far we’ve come in five years — and how North Carolina has been a.