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In April 2016, North Carolina enacted one of the farthest-ranging anti-LGBT laws in the nation. The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act made headlines, not only because it nullified several city ordinances that protected LGBT people from discrimination, but also because it went several steps beyond that: House Bill 2 was pushed into law at record speed (the bill was introduced, debated, and signed all on 23 March 2016). It was popularly called the bathroom law because it bans some transgender people from using public restrooms that match their gender identities. The outcry and backlash was immediate. Companies decided to either cut ties with the state or changed plans to build facilities there, the state's attorney general called the bill a national embarrassment and said his office would not be defending North Carolina officials or state agencies against the law, and the White House called the bill mean-spirited. But nothing has made bigger news than Bruce Springsteen's boycott of a North Carolina show he was scheduled to perform with the E Street Band in Greensboro on 10 April 2016. A few days before the performance, the rock star released the following statement on his web site: Basketball legend Charles Barkley also made headlines when he called upon the National Basketball Association to relocate their 2017 All-Star Weekend from Charlotte, North Carolina, to another state in protest over the bill.
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