While pushing North Carolina state legislators to 'do the right thing' and sustain the governor's veto, said one campaigner, 'we remain clear-eyed that families should take steps to prepare if anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is enacted.'
, is a"Don't Say Gay" measure that he argued would"scare teachers into silence by injecting fear and uncertainty into classrooms," and hamper"the important and sometimes lifesaving role of educators as trusted advisers when students have nowhere else to turn."
Kendra R. Johnson, executive director of Equality North Carolina, said that"this slate of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is unacceptable—and we're grateful that Gov. Cooper made the right choice by vetoing. Now we implore the NCGA to do the right thing and recognize that this entire package of bills is dangerous, cruel, and deeply unpopular."
"Our team is at the ready to support families through our Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project to ensure that North Carolina youth have uninterrupted access to the healthcare they need and deserve," Beach-Ferrara added."Each of these bills is flatly discriminatory and we are confident they will ultimately be struck down. We want LGBTQ+ youth across the state to know we are with them every step of the way and will never stop fighting for their equality.
Noting the hundreds of bills that GOP state lawmakers are pushing across the country, Liz Barber, senior policy counsel at the ACLU of North Carolina,Wednesday that"legislators are using their power to bully an already vulnerable community, and Gov. Cooper has taken an important step by vetoing these bills."
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