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North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.

North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.

North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.

On the heels of a Democratic state lawmaker's seismic shift to the Republican Party, North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.

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Nine state LGBTQ rights organizations announced a new coalition aimed at getting civil rights protections enshrined in federal law in a bipartisan fashion before the midterm elections.

With Tuesday's unanimous vote, Mecklenburg County is poised to become the 13th local government in North Carolina to approve LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. The ordinances ensure protections in private employment and places of public accommodations – such as restaurants and businesses – from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and natural hairstyle. Commissioner Leigh Altman…

North Carolina Bill Would Force School Staffers to Out Trans Kids The proposed legislation would ban gender-affirming health care for people up to age 21 and require school staffers to out trans kids to their families. April 07 2021 1:58 PM EDT Three Republican legislators in North Carolina have introduced perhaps the most repressive anti-transgender health care bill in the nation. Senate Bill 514, titled the Youth Health Protection Act, would ban gender-affirming treatment, including surgery,...