Activists are suing North Carolina over its anti-LGBT law

Challenging hate in North Carolina.
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Individuals and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday against North Carolina over the state's new law restricting bathroom access for transgender people and barring local anti-LGBT discrimination ordinances, BuzzFeed News reports.

The suit was brought by two transgender men, a lesbian woman, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Equality North Carolina. They're seeking an injunction against enforcing the law and a declaratory judgment stating that it violates the Constitution and Title IX.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.