The NBA on Thursday announced it is moving its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carolina, due to the league’s objections to the state’s anti-LGBT stance.
The move could cost the city and state a reported $100 million in lost revenue, and that is on top of considerable revenue lost in recent months from other high-profile events cancelled as a result of the state’s oppressive LGBT position.
A law passed in March, known as House Bill 2, or HB2, placed limits on anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the state and made North Carolina the first U.S. state to forbid transgender people from using public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities.
