That is not only a lie but it is a stunningly stupid lie. The very purpose of the legislation was to nullify municipal nondiscrimination laws. Indeed, the legislation was in direct reaction to Charlotte's broadened ordinance which included protections for transgender citizens.
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Prior to the enactment of the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, the counties of Buncombe, Mecklenburg, and Orange as well as the cities of Asheville and Charlotte, Boone, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and Raleigh prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The counties of Durham and Guilford along with the cities of Bessemer, Durham, High Point and Winston-Salem prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation only. Those protections are all gone by an act of the state legislature signed into law by Governor McCrory.The University of North Carolina system, which comprises North Carolina's 16 public universities, has established a policy of non-discrimination with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity in employment and for students. It remains to be seen how the legislation might affect those protections. It seems to give individuals within the system permission to discriminate.
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