68 Companies Sign HRC’s Amicus Brief to Block North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB2
Today, 68 major companies–including Tumblr—joined HRC’s amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to block some of the most egregious and discriminatory components of North Carolina’s HB2 law. HRC is continuing to gather corporate support for the amicus brief, which will be re-filed at several junctures as the case moves through the courts.
Last week Human Rights Campaign filed an amicus brief—a letter to the court, sort of like testimony—in the lawsuit against North Carolina’s HB2, the so-called “bathroom law.” It describes the obvious harm the law does to the transgender community, and the impossible position it puts businesses in that believe all people should be treated like people.
Tumblr signed onto the brief, along with 67 other companies, because HB2 is a disgusting law and we want it struck down—here, and anywhere else a similar policy is enacted.
This is what we can do. Here’s what you can do: Vote. In 2014 just 41% of eligible North Carolina voters turned out for statewide elections, and their representatives passed HB2.
Every election matters.