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Charlotte Museum of History

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Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Phone:
+1 704-568-1774

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am - 5pm
Wednesday11am - 5pm
Thursday11am - 5pm
Friday11am - 5pm
Saturday11am - 5pm


The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, officially called An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public Accommodations but commonly known as House Bill 2 or HB2, is an act passed in the U.S. state of North Carolina in March 2016. It was signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory. Some opponents of the bill describe it as the most anti-LGBT legislation in the United States. Some proponents of HB2 call it common sense legislation, while advocates of repeal say replacing it with an anti-discrimination law is common sense.One contentious element of the law eliminates anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and legislates that in government buildings, individuals may only use restrooms and changing facilities that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates. This has been criticized because it prevents transgender people who do not or cannot alter their birth certificates from using the restroom consistent with their gender identity: in North Carolina, only people who undergo sex reassignment surgery can change the sex on their birth certificates, and outside jurisdictions have different rules, some more restrictive. The legislation changes the definition of sex in the state's anti-discrimination law to the physical condition of being male or female, which is stated on a person's birth certificate.The act also prevents municipalities in North Carolina from enacting anti-discrimination policies, setting a local minimum wage, regulating child labor, or making certain regulations for city workers. The legislation initially removed the statutory and common-law private right of action to enforce state anti-discrimination statutes in state courts, but was later amended to restore that right.On May 9, 2016, the United States Department of Justice sued Governor McCrory, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, and the University of North Carolina system, stating that House Bill 2 violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Violence Against Women Act. On the same day, North Carolina's governor and legislative leaders filed two separate lawsuits against the Department of Justice to defend the law. Two private lawsuits are also underway, one challenging and the other defending the law. The portion of the law regarding bathroom use based on gender assigned at birth was repealed and replaced with House Bill 142 on March 30, 2017.
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