WTVD reports. Hillsborough is a town of about 6,000 near Raleigh, the state capital.Commissioner Matt Hughes led the effort. “It’s very important to me as a member of the LGBTQ community,” he said, according to the station. “Growing up I didn’t even know that I could even hold the office that I hold because of the fact that I was LGBTQ.
Could someone see voting for a young gay biracial guy?”The move comes after the expiration of a provision of North Carolina’s House Bill 142, which replaced and partially repealed the infamous House Bill 2.
HB 2, adopted in 2016, prevented local governments from enacting or enforcing LGBTQ-inclusive employment nondiscrimination or public accommodations ordinances (affecting private businesses or contractors).