Today in North Carolina, legislators have called an emergency session to ensure that LGBTQ people, workers, and students will be met with pushback and discrimination at work, in restrooms, at schools, and essentially any space where trans people want to access resources and accommodations.
We oppose HB 2 and recognize that this bill will be particularly damaging for trans women and trans and queer youth of color. The attacks in this bill go beyond any regulations for bathrooms and requirements for documentation. HB 2 includes provisions to prevent local city governments from protecting their workers against discrimination and paying living wage. This attack is another step in ensuring that North Carolina continues in a politically regressive direction.
We will not stop fighting until Black trans lives matter, until Black workers matter, until Black youth matter.