These State Laws Don’t Care What The Federal Government Decides

North Carolina Nixes The Bathroom Bill

Not all states are as progressive as others, which we learned when North Carolina fought back against the Obama administration’s nondiscrimination laws in regards to transgender students choosing which bathrooms they wanted to use. The people of North Carolina didn’t agree with this interpretation. In March of 2016, the state passed a law that required transgender people to use restrooms in public buildings and schools corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. Despite the risk of losing $4.8 billion in funds, the state held firm. In 2017 the Trump administration withdrew this federal law, but some states, such as Connecticut and New Jersey, still enforce it.