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Design Group Pushes Back on North Carolina’s HB2

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In the days leading up to a large-scale North Carolina furniture tradeshow, the American Society of Interior Designers is pressuring the state to repeal a new law that prevents local municipalities from expanding discrimination protections for LGBT people. North Carolina is not alone in this controversy.

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NCAA Tightens Rules Against LGBT Discrimination

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The strategy arose in response to a set of recent laws in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee that have been seen as discriminatory against gay and transgender individuals. Last year in Indiana, a religious-freedom law similar to North Carolina’s passed but was later revamped.