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Source Record

House Bill 2: Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act

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Official bill PDF for North Carolina HB2, the 2016 Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act.

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Start with the answer How did anti-LGBTQ+ backlash laws target visibility? They targeted LGBTQ+ visibility by restricting speech, education, healthcare, public performance and identity itself, often using child-protection or public-order language. Read the topic guide Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Laws and Censorship Backlash laws target LGBTQ+ visibility by restricting speech, education, healthcare, public performance and even identity itself.

Source Status

Publisher
North Carolina General Assembly
Type
government
Reliability
high
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3 pages

Source Links

Open original source https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v4.pdf Accessed 4 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v4.pdf

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Laws and Censorship

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How did anti-LGBTQ+ backlash laws target visibility?

Used by Timeline Events

23 March 2016 DiscriminationLegalTransInternational

North Carolina Enacts HB2 'Bathroom Bill'

Governor Pat McCrory signed the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (HB2), requiring people to use public bathrooms matching the sex on their birth certificate. Passed in a single-day special session, the law triggered nationwide boycotts costing North Carolina over $400 million in lost business, contributed to McCrory losing re-election, and set the template for a wave of anti-trans bills across the US. The bathroom provision was repealed in March 2017.