President joins critics questioning laws that focus on whether public bathrooms could only be used by people in accordance with their biological sexBarack Obama has called for North Carolina and Mississippi to overturn state laws that affect homosexual and transgender residents.
The anti-LGBT laws came up at the finish of a press conference in London with the British prime minister,David Cameron. A reporter asked about a recent travel advisory that the UK Foreign Office issued to its citizens, warning LGBT tourists of the dangers of visiting North Carolina and Mississippi after both introduced laws described by campaigners as “anti-homosexual”. Related: North Carolina's anti-LGBT law could cost the state millions in lost revenue Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com