Charlotte council votes to extend transgender rights

North Carolina's Biggest City Breaks With GOP Gov. On Trans Rights

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina’s largest city has passed a law allowing transgender people to choose public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, which the governor had called a threat to public safety and warned that the General Assembly may step in.

 

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