N.Carolina may repeal LGBTI bathroom law

The US state of North Carolina plans to hold a special session on Wednesday to fully repeal the contentious law curbing legal protections for LGBTI, media reports said on Tuesday.

The move comes after the Charlotte City Council rescinded a local anti-discrimination ordinance on Monday that had prompted passage of the statewide law in March, NewYork Times reported.

North Carolina's governor-elect Roy Cooper said a deal could soon see the repeal of a law limiting bathroom access for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

This follows a nine-month of economic boycotts and protests over the legislation, which rights groups called "discriminatory".

 

The Democrat Governor-elect said in his statement that Republican legislative leaders had "assured" him that the special session would be called "to repeal H.B. 2 in full".

Cooper won the November 8 election after arguing that the law, known as "the bathroom bill", had embarrassed the state, cost it thousands of jobs and set off an exodus of high-profile sporting events.

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