This past May, the board of directors of Grantmakers in Health (GIH) decided to relocate the organization's 2017 Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy from Charlotte, North Carolina, to another city.
This difficult decision was made in light of the state of North Carolina's controversial new law, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (HB2). The law overturned a Charlotte ordinance that extended rights to gay and transgender people.
In doing so, the state effectively sanctioned discrimination against a class of its citizens.
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