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Title: UK government has ‘raised concerns’ with North Carolina over anti-LGBT law
Post by: stephaniec on May 03, 2016, 10:08:33 PM
UK government has 'raised concerns' with North Carolina over anti-LGBT law

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/03/uk-government-has-raised-concerns-with-north-carolina-over-anti-lgbt-law/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy  05/03/2016

"Representatives of the UK government have directly raised concerns with state leaders in North Carolina over its anti-LGBT law.

The state has lost a string of big investment ventures over Governor McCrory's decision to sign HB 2 – which voided all local ordinances protecting LGBT rights, bans transgender people from using their preferred bathroom, and permits businesses to discriminate against LGBT people on the grounds of religious belief. "