LOOK: Hundreds Rally at North Carolina Capitol Demanding Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law HB2 (Photos, Video)

On First Day of Legislative Session Grassroots Activists and Civil Rights Groups Demand Action

Right now hundreds of equality advocates and LGBT activists are rallying in front of North Carolina‘s Old State Capitol Building demanding lawmakers repeal HB2. The anti-LGBT law has created chaos in the Tar Heel State, cost well-over a half billion dollars in business and several thousand jobs. It has also maligned the state’s reputation, caused the UK to issue a travel warning, and stripped citizens of their civil rights.

Representatives from the NAACP, National Center for Transgender Equality, Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, Lambda Legal, the Task Force, and other groups have been speaking for over an hour.

They are also delivering to Gov. at McCrory’s office between 170,000 and 190,000 signed petitions demanding the repeal of HB2. Later today they will stage a sit-in at the Capitol. 

 

 

Image by Equality NC via Twitter