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2017 NBA All-Star Game Moved to New Orleans Due to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law
NBA sends clear message to lawmakers nationwide that the league will not tolerate discrimination.
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NBA Commissioner Warns All-Star Game Will Be Moved Out of NC If Lawmakers Fail to Change HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, hailed the news that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s radical anti-LGBT HB 2 must be changed or the league will move the 2017 All-Star Game out of the state. The commissioner’s comments come just days before the North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene.
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North Carolina’s Reckless Anti-LGBT Law Casts Dark Cloud Over Tonight’s NCAA Championship Game
Governor Pat McCrory’s outrageous new discriminatory law has put North Carolina at risk of being denied bids to host future NCAA and NBA events.
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Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay NBA player
Jason Collins has become the first openly gay professional basketball player in America’s NBA.
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Martina Navratilova, Jason Collins on Sport and Fight against Homophobia
Being gay was punishable by death in six countries, former tennis star Martina Navratilova said yesterday — Human Rights Day — at a Headquarters press conference on the fight against homophobia through sport.
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All major sports leagues go purple for LGBT youth on Spirit Day
Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), National Basketball Association (NBA) & Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will join millions of people in ‘going purple’ for Spirit Day on October 17 in a united stand against bullying and to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, GLAAD announced last Tuesday.