North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 will be argued before United States District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder on Monday, August 1.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Lambda Legal filed a motion in May requesting a preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of HB2 across the state.
Those groups have argued that North Carolina’s House Bill 2 constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex by requiring transgender individuals to use the bathroom and changing facility that corresponds with their birth certificate rather than their gender identity and should therefore not be implemented across the state.
The three advocacy groups and the law firm of Jenner & Block are representing six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the ACLU of North Carolina in their federal court challenge of HB2.
The groups released a joint statement on Thursday:
“Every day that House Bill 2 remains on the books, transgender North Carolinians suffer irreparable harm at work, in school, and in other public places, simply because they want to use public facilities safely just like everyone else but this hateful law prevents them from doing so. We are glad our clients will finally have their day in court, and we hope that this discriminatory law’s days are numbered.”
The lawsuit challenging House Bill 2 was brought soon after the North Carolina General Assembly met in a special session to pass the legislation in late March.
The United States Department of Justice is also in a legal battle with North Carolina over the law and filed a motion asking for a preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of the law last week.
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