05-04-2016, 08:40 PM
The Fed is attempting to flush NC's trans bathroom law down the toilet.
The state of North Carolina and McCrory have come under increased pressure from outside organizations as a result of the law, which was passed to prevent the city of Charlotte from establishing an anti-discrimination ordinance. The federal government says that the law violates both the rights of employees under the Civil Rights Act and the rights of students under Title IX, meaning that the state could lose out on millions of dollars in federal school funding.
Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, wrote, “the law is facially discriminatory against transgender employees on the basis of sex because it treats transgender employees, whose gender identity does not match their biological sex, as defined by HB2, differently from similarly situated non transgender employees.”
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nort...f37894901d
The state of North Carolina and McCrory have come under increased pressure from outside organizations as a result of the law, which was passed to prevent the city of Charlotte from establishing an anti-discrimination ordinance. The federal government says that the law violates both the rights of employees under the Civil Rights Act and the rights of students under Title IX, meaning that the state could lose out on millions of dollars in federal school funding.
Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, wrote, “the law is facially discriminatory against transgender employees on the basis of sex because it treats transgender employees, whose gender identity does not match their biological sex, as defined by HB2, differently from similarly situated non transgender employees.”
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nort...f37894901d