The U.S. Department of Justice has notified the president of the University of North Carolina system that it is violating federal civil-rights law by following a controversial new state law that has drawn widespread criticism as biased against transgender people.
Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, signed the measure into law in March. It was enacted in response to an antidiscrimination ordinance in Charlotte, N.C., that extended protections to gay and transgender people. The state measure, known as HB2, bans people from using public restrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-s-tells-unc-it-violates-federal-law-by-following-controversial-bathroom-bill/111115
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