In 2016, North Carolina passed the country’s first bathroom bill — a law saying people have to use the bathroom matching the sex on their birth certificate.
There was huge pushback, boycotts of the entire state. The political fallout led to the downfall of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
Bathroom bills have reemerged in recent years, passing in 11 Republican-led states, from Florida to Utah. Mississippi lawmakers sent a bathroom bill to the governor’s desk last week. But the high-profile boycotts, rollbacks of company expansions and canceled concerts haven’t followed suit this time.
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