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NBA All-Star Game arrives after 'bathroom bill' changes
6 monthes ago | By Saint Louis Today
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NBA All-Star Game is set for North Carolina this weekend after the league delayed Charlotte hosting the event for two years because of the state's "bathroom bill," which singled out transgender people and limited local...
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NBA All-Star Game arrives after ‘bathroom bill' changes
6 monthes ago | By National Post
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NBA All-Star Game is set for North Carolina this weekend after the league delayed Charlotte hosting the event for two years because of the state's “bathroom bill,” which singled out transgender people and limited local LGBT antidiscrimination protections.
It took the partial repeal of the 2016 law also known as House Bill 2 to persuade the league's Board of Governors and Commissioner Adam Silver to restore the award for 2019. At the time, Silver wasn't fully satisfied.
The alteration did “not mean the fundamental issues are resolved,” Silver said in 2017 about the...
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