The NBA announced Thursday that it would remove the All-Star weekend event from Charlotte after the North Carolina government did not reform its controversial HB2 law to prevent discrimination against transgender people. In a statement to CelticsBlog, the Celtics organization supported the league's decision.
When the NBA threatened to remove the All-Star Game from Charlotte if North Carolina did not repeal its discriminatory HB2 law, it appeared to be a crucial catalyst to reverse the discrimination against the transgender community. But when that momentum hit an immovable road block, the NBA called the legislature's bluff.
The HB2 law, which requires individuals to use public facility bathrooms of their birth sex, rather than their gender identity.