PayPal, the NBA and others are protesting against a North Carolina law that bans transgender people from bathrooms that match their gender identity

The passage of North Carolina’s House Bill 2, a law that bans transgender people from using the public bathrooms that match their gender identities, has inspired an unusually vocal protest from private businesses, many of which have been silent on other divisive national debates on gender and civil rights.

The latest public rebuke came from nearly five dozen private and public investment groups, including Morgan Stanley and New York State’s pension fund, who released a signed letter Monday warning that the law “is making it difficult for our portfolio companies to provide the safe, open, and inclusive environment necessary for a successful workplace”.

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Source: Guardian Environment