Transgender Bathroom Brawl Punishes North Carolina Mayors Twice
- Rural Republican lawmakers regulate Democratic urban centers
- As companies pull out, they punish the cosmopolitan places
Supporters rally outside the North Carolina state capitol in Raleigh on April 11, 2016, in support of a law that blocks rules allowing transgender people to use the bathroom aligned with their gender identity.
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In the battle over which bathrooms transgender people may use, North Carolina’s mayors are being pummeled by both sides.
A legislature dominated by rural Republicans punishes them for setting their own anti-discrimination policies. Then, corporations and entertainers respond with boycotts that affect North Carolina’s job-producing regions -- its cities.