导出博客文章RALEIGH, N.C. -- Now that North Carolina has lost its NCAA and Atlantic Coast
Conference championship events for this year, some other states face potential
challenges in the organizations fight for discrimination-free environments.The
NCAA this week took the unprecedented step of pulling seven championship events
from the state over its objection to a law that can allow discrimination against
LGBT people. Two days later, the ACC did the same thing -- relocating all 10 of
its neutral-site championships from the state the conference has called home
since its founding in 1953.At issue in North Carolina is the law known as HB2,
which excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide
antidiscrimination protections. It also requires transgender people to use
restrooms in schools and state government buildings that correspond to the
gender on their birth certificate.When the NCAA announced its antidiscrimination
policy last spring, it said it was tracking the actions of legislatures in
several states but did not identify them. A questionnaire event organizers must
complete during the bidding process asks them to identify any laws that might
lead to discrimination.In announcing the moves, the NCAA pointed out that North
Carolinas situation was unique in that it has the only statewide transgender
bathroom law in the nation. Plus, five states and several cities dont allow
public employees and representatives of public institutions to travel there
because of HB2.Here are four states that might eventually wind up on the NCAAs
radar:----TEXASRepublican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has suggested the state will take
up school bathroom access in 2017, and the state is leading an 11-state lawsuit
that accuses the federal government of turning schools into a massive social
experiment. Voters last November overturned a Houston ordinance that extended
nondiscrimination protections to gay and transgender people. Opponents used a
campaign featuring the slogan, No Men in Womens Bathrooms. San Antonio is
scheduled to host the 2018 Final Four and Dallas is hosting first- and
second-round games in 2018. Dallas will host the Womens Final Four next
spring.----GEORGIAThough Republican Gov. Nathan Deal in March vetoed a religious
freedom bill that critics say would have limited LGBT peoples rights, some
conservatives have vowed to revive the measure -- known as HB757 -- in 2017. The
NFL has said the bill, if passed, could jeopardize Atlantas bid for future Super
Bowls. The NCAA mens basketball South Regional semifinals and final is set for
Atlanta in 2018, while the Division I mens and womens tennis championships are
scheduled for Athens in 2017.----TENNESSEEOfficials at Memphis have said any
decision about the 2017 South Regional semifinals and finals -- which theyre
scheduled to host -- rests with the NCAA after the state passed a law that
allows therapists to decline to see patients based on religious values and
personal principles. That led to a lawsuit in June filed by gay rights
activists, who claim it targets LGBT people. It also led the American Counseling
Association to cancel its planned conference in Nashville -- which also is
scheduled to host opening-weekend games in the 2018 mens basketball
tournament.----MISSISSIPPIThe state hasnt hosted any predetermined NCAA
championship events since 2001 because the Confederate battle flag appears on
the state flag. Appealing a judges ruling against a law that was supposed to
take effect July 1 likely wont do the Magnolia State any favors in the sports
organizations eyes. The religious objection law signed by Republican Gov. Phil
Bryant remains blocked after a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional, with
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves in his ruling calling it the states attempt
to put LGBT people back in their place. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
last month refused to unblock the law.---(This version removes an incorrect
reference to state Sen. Josh McKoon sponsoring the Georgia bill.)
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