comes less than two months after the National Basketball Association said it would move next February’s All-Star Game from Charlotte as a protest against a North Carolina law that canceled anti-discrimination protections for L.G.B.T. also criticized a North Carolina law that forbids local municipalities from passing their own anti-discrimination laws that included sexual orientation or gender identity. events being moved from North Carolina are:2016 Division I women’s soccer championship, College Cup (Cary), Dec. 2 and 4. 2017 Division I women’s lacrosse championship (Cary), May 26 and 28. 2017 Division II baseball championship (Cary), May 27 to June 3.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2016 00:03 UTC