A rally against House Bill 2 is scheduled to take place in Chapel Hill on Tuesday.

Event organizers say the rally will begin at Peace and Justice Plaza at six o’clock on Tuesday evening to voice opposition to what they call the “hate legislation.”

A rally was held in front of the Governor’s mansion in Raleigh last week.

House Bill 2 was introduced last Wednesday morning and passed through a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly before being singed into law by Governor Pat McCrory less than 12 hours after it was introduced.

The bill was in response to the Charlotte City Council voting to extend the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to the LGBT community.

The piece of the ordinance that drew the most ire from members of the legislature was that the ordinance would allow transgender individuals to use the bathroom matching their gender identity rather than the sex on their birth certificate.

Lawmakers described a scenario involving an adult male taking advantage of the law to enter women’s bathrooms and locker rooms; a threat the New York Times editorial board quipped “exists only in the imagination of bigots.”

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen and Chapel Hill Town Council have passed resolutions calling for the repeal of House Bill 2. The Orange County Board of Commissioner passed a resolution supporting the Charlotte ordinance before the special session of the General Assembly was called to pass the legislation.

Beyond repealing the bathroom portion of the Charlotte ordinance, House Bill 2 also prohibits the ability of local governments to establish nondiscrimination ordinances and create other ordinances, including setting a living wage.

Organizers of the rally at Peace and Justice Plaza say they expect the event to last until at least eight o’clock Tuesday night and remain in the area that protesters have frequented for varying causes, including the Occupy movement earlier this decade.