Here's a broad, though not exhaustive, overview of all the hurt that's being heaped on North Carolina since lawmakers succeeded in enacting a law that ensures discrimination against LGBTQ Americans:
1) New York Times Editorial Board: Transgender Law Makes North Carolina Pioneer in Bigotry
[Gov. Pat] McCrory, who is running for re-election, may have assumed the bill would help him in a tight race against Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat who called the measure shameful. “Not only does this hurt North Carolina families, but it hurts our economy as well,” Mr. Cooper said in a video message. Voters should reject the candidate who made the state a pioneer in bigotry.
2) Grassroots activists get their protest on at the governor's mansion Thursday
Check out the twitter feed of WNCN's Lauren DesArmo (@LaFemmePhojo):
Also Jill Knight (@jillography):
For more protest pics: @KindredNC and @ignitekindred.
3) Individual Trans Activism (Story at Buzzfeed)
4) Business backlash (Story via NYT)
American Airlines, which employs 14,000 people in the state and has its second largest hub in Charlotte, along with other companies with operations in the state, including Apple, Dow Chemical, PayPal, Red Hat and Biogen, all issued statements critical of the new law.
“Our future as Americans should be focused on inclusion and prosperity, and not discrimination and division,” Apple said in a statement. “We were disappointed to see Governor McCrory sign this legislation.”
5) Pressure on businesses to walk the talk
(Story on PayPal’s new operations center)
6) Sports backlash
From the NCAA:
In a statement, the NCAA, the governing body for college athletics, said it will monitor “current events, which include issues surrounding diversity, in all cities bidding on NCAA championships and events, as well as cities that have already been named as future host sites.”
Future NCAA events scheduled in North Carolina include first- and second-round games in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament in Greensboro in 2017 and in Charlotte in 2018.
And the NBA:
7. Democrats pounce
DNC director of LGBT Engagement, Sean Meloy: Discrimination is not an American value.
Hillary and Bernie denounce the law (story via Chris Johnson):
“Sen. Sanders believes it is important that the American people stand together and end bigotry once and for all,” Briggs said. “We have fought to end discrimination based on race, creed and color. Now is the time, once and for all, to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” Nearly 24 hours after McCrory signed the North Carolina legislation into law, Clinton joined Sanders in expressing opposition on Twitter with a message linking to an article in The Advocate. The tweet is marked with “-H,” indicating it came from Clinton herself.
Democratic New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, who’s looking to defeat GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the NH Senate race this fall: