A North Carolina City Council Discusses LGBTQ+ Protections

Charlotte’s city council will take up both an old and new issue Monday in the form of protections for the LGBTQ community. 

It’s old in that Charlotte passed a nondiscrimination ordinance several years ago but it’s new in terms of who is supporting it. The proposed ordinance comes five years after the state passed the infamous House Bill 2. 

That bill prevented cities from passing their own nondiscrimination ordinances. It was eventually replaced by another bill that put a moratorium on local ordinances until this past December. Now, Charlotte’s LGBTQ community may have some new allies in their battle for equality in the eyes of the government: Republicans.