Even you don’t follow basketball, you probably heard the NBA decided to move its All-Star Game out of North Carolina on Thursday. This move came because of North Carolina’s anti-transgender law, House Bill 2, which forces trans people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender on their birth certificate.
People smarter than me have dissected why this law is despicable and discriminatory, so I trust you’ll read them on why laws like this need to be kept off the books. While the NBA, and many of its member teams, issued statements like this:
"Our week-long schedule of All-Star events and activities is intended to be a global celebration of basketball, our league, and the values for which we stand, and to bring together all members of the NBA community - current and former players, league and team officials, business partners, and fans," the league announced.