North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoes 3 anti-trans bills

qvoicenews.com:

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed three anti-LGBTQ+ bills Wednesday in defiance of veto-proof Republican majorities in the state legislature.

Photo: North Carolina Governor’s Office. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed three anti-trans bills Wednesday in defiance of veto-proof Republican majorities in the state legislature.

Cooper announced he vetoed HB 574 (Fairness in Women’s Sports Act), which requires the use of biological sex at birth to determine participation in middle and high school and college athletics in the state.

He also vetoed SB 49 (Parents’ Bill of Rights), which requires parental notification for the use of nonbinary pronouns and other information regarding transgender and nonbinary students among other acts.