The NCAA has lifted its boycott on holding championship events in North Carolina, following the repeal of the state’s anti-LGBT law HB 2. Trans activists had demanded the NCAA keep the boycott in place, saying North Carolina’s replacement law, HB 142, is also discriminatory against the LGBT community. This is North Carolina trans activist Joaquin Carcaño, speaking on Democracy Now!

Joaquin Carcaño: “You know, HB 142 is just a repackaged HB 2 under a different name. We still don’t have any safety, we still don’t have any protections, and we’re still actively restricted from navigating our daily lives. We continue to ask for a boycott to the state, for the NCAA to not return to North Carolina, and for the state and the nation to continue to see that North Carolina is actively discriminating against our community.”

Meanwhile, in Chicago, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.