Duke University Urges Repeal Of North Carolina’s Anti-Trans Law

Three top administrators at Duke University on Monday called for the full repeal of HB 2, a controversial law widely denounced as transphobic.

“We deplore in the strongest possible terms the new state law, HB2, that prevents municipalities from establishing laws that protect members of the LGBTQ+ community and others from discrimination and eliminates some economic advancement opportunities for underrepresented communities,” said a statement attributed to Duke President Richard Brodhead, provost Sally Kornbluth and Duke University Health System CEO A. Eugene Washington.

The Duke administrators went on to say that the school, a private institution in Durham, North Carolina, is suffering economically, with some researchers and professors unable to travel to their campus due to the law, and prospective students and faculty suggesting they may steer clear of the state due to HB 2.

It’s rare for an elite university to speak against a specific law the way Duke is doing here. But a number of other private colleges and universities in the state have already come forward to criticize the statute.

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