Take Action for LGBTQ Protections, Charlotte!

Big news in Charlotte: The City Council is at last preparing to discuss a local ordinance that would restore clear nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQ residents. The draft ordinance was released this week, and it will be discussed at meetings in August, just a few days from now.

Now we need your help calling for passage of the ordinance and reminding City Council members that Charlotte is READY for LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. Can you take action here and urge the City Council to pass the ordinance? Click here to send a message. 

Five years ago, Charlotte did the right thing by passing an inclusive ordinance – only to see it blocked by the North Carolina General Assembly. The NCGA rammed through the egregious HB2 to delay progress on LGBTQ equality and endanger transgender North Carolinians, with an outsized impact on BIPOC trans people. 

Momentum for this ordinance has been building ever since. The community has rallied for protections, and nine other municipalities across the state have passed similar ordinances – from Asheville to Greensboro to Durham. Public support is at an all-time high. And the need for this ordinance couldn’t be more urgent: Charlotte is the second most violent city in the U.S. for transgender and gender non-conforming people, with at least six Black trans women murdered in the city since 2016. 

We know that anti-LGBTQ forces will try to derail this ordinance – and we can’t let that happen. Speak out with us now: Tell the Charlotte City Council that Charlotte is ready for LGBTQ protections, and it’s up to them to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination once and for all.

Thank you,

The NC is Ready Team

A Project of Equality NC and the Campaign for Southern Equality