Current Events > Judge rules North Carolina can't ban transgender people from using the bathroom

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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/454344-federal-judge-rules-north-carolina-cant-ban-transgender-people-from

The state of North Carolina can't currently enforce a controversial law that prevents transgender people from using public bathrooms and other facilities that match their gender identities.

U.S. Judge Thomas Schroeder, a George W. Bush appointee, on Monday signed a consent decree submitted jointly by LGBT advocacy groups and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D).

The decree says the state's executive branch is permanently prevented from using the law to "bar, prohibit, block, deter, or impede any transgender individuals from using public facilities under any Executive Branch Defendants control or supervision, in accordance with the transgender individuals gender identity."

The law, known as H.B. 142 replaced a previous law known as H.B. 2. The consent decree was specific to H.B. 142 and the part of the case challenging the legality of H.B. 2 when it was in effect remains unresolved, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina.

"I am relieved that we finally have a court order to protect transgender people from being punished under these laws, lead plaintiff Joaquin Carcao, said in a statement.

This is a tremendous victory but not a complete one,"Carcao added, "It remains devastating to know that local protections for LGBTQ people are still banned under state law while so many members of our community continue to face violence, harassment, and discrimination simply because of who we are."

Cooper spokesman Ford Porter praised the development in a statement.

"North Carolina is welcoming to all people and open for business," he said. "Todays decision is an important step to putting the harmful impacts of HB 2 in the rear-view mirror for good."

A spokesman for North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R) told The Hill in a statement that state lawmakers are studying the judges decision and assessing their options.

Took them long enough
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How do you even enforce it? A 'crotch check' at the door?

I assume that y'all are too busy celebrating to post
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Sorry, all you get today is a cynical asshole.

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This is good, right? My reading comprehension is kinda shot rn
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teepan95 posted...

This is good, right? My reading comprehension is kinda shot rn

Yes, but people will get really mad about this
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bump
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PleaseClap posted...

teepan95 posted...

This is good, right? My reading comprehension is kinda shot rn

Yes, but people will get really mad about this

Yeah, but they're CEmen, so...
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Why are restrooms such a big deal?
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TheReelDeal1999 posted...

Why are restrooms such a big deal?

Spying
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Questionmarktarius posted...

How do you even enforce it? A 'crotch check' at the door?

Thought was never put into it. This was one of those southern state bills that get brought up now and again to showboat for the conservative demo. Unfortunately because NCs state legislature is one of the worst in the country it spiraled out of control and became a national embarrassment that theyve been quietly trying to let die ever since
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This only became an issue because Republicans lost the gay marriage fight and they needed a new minority, especially one in the LGBTQ+ community, to scapegoat.

ArmieBuff posted...

Huh, north carolina does something right for once and it was by an appointee of Bush

They had to. The negative fallout from the bill was probably the most attention anyones paid to this hole in years.

Now if we could only get someone interested in pay for educators and the horrific gerrymandering here
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When i was younger, I never would have dreamed wed be talking about shit like this. People not knowing what bathroom to use. What the fuck