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Court Approves Settlement in H.B. 2 Replacement Case

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July 23, 2019

The State of North Carolina cannot use H.B. 142, the law that replaced H.B. 2, to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and other facilities in state government buildings that match their gender under an agreement approved today by a federal court.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Court Says NC Law Does Not Bar Transgender People from Public Facilities

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October 1, 2018

U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder also said that he would allow a challenge to the law’s ban on local LGBT nondiscrimination policies to go forward.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HB142, HB2, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Announce Proposed Settlement With North Carolina in Lawsuit Challenging Anti-LGBT Law

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October 18, 2017

Transgender people in North Carolina will not be barred from using public restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Challenging Fake Repeal of North Carolina’s Discriminatory "Bathroom Bill"

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July 21, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal, the ACLU and ACLU of North Carolina announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law HB 2 to include a challenge to its discriminatory replacement, HB 142.

See Also: Transgender Rights
FAQ: Why We're Still Suing Over HB 142, North Carolina's Fake HB 2 "Repeal"

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May 31, 2017

When North Carolina's government repealed the hateful HB 2 "bathroom bill," they replaced it with HB 142. Lambda Legal and the ACLU are still suing. Here's why.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Justice Department Dismisses Lawsuit Against North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2 After Fake "Repeal"

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April 14, 2017

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of North Carolina today condemned the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss its lawsuit challenging House Bill 2, the discriminatory North Carolina law that banned many transgender people from restrooms and other public facilities matching their gender and prohibited local municipalities from extending nondiscrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
This HB2 "Repeal" is Fake

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March 30, 2017

The North Carolina General Assembly today passed a bill that does not repeal the discriminatory HB 2 law. Instead, it keeps in place the most harmful parts of the law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights