Photo credits: North Carolina General Assembly
Headline: Kiowa County Press, 8/3/2025
Deanna Jones is a transgender woman and president of Harmony, the LGBTQ+ allied Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina.
"I don't ever think there is a time I can feel safe anymore, and I was very sad that North Carolina is moving in this direction," Jones explained. "They are feeling that they have the freedom to take this kind of latitude because of what's going on in the federal government."
Representative Nasif Majeed, D-Mecklenberg, defected to vote to override Stein's veto. Republican supporters of House Bill 805 said it supports and protects women.
Jones countered there are many flaws with the new law. For instance, it bans gender-affirming surgery for people in North Carolina's prisons. However, Jones noted no such surgery has ever taken place in the state's prison system. She pointed out many banned books in other states are about LGBTQ+ people. [emphasis added]
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