+Cirque du Soleil cancels screenings in North Carolina in protest of anti-LGBT law
"This is a despicable law that fuels discrimination against a group of American citizens. We want America to be a place where no person can be turned away from something because of who they love or fired from their job because of who they are. yeah", explained the band Pearl Jam through an official statement.
The approval of the controversial law, known as HB2, requires the use of public bathrooms according to sex at birth. The restriction caused outrage among members of the LGBT community American.
Passed by the local Legislature and signed into law by Republican Governor Pat McCrory on March 23, the law also prohibits North Carolina localities from writing their own anti-discrimination laws.
Pearl Jam had a show scheduled in Raleigh, capital of North Carolina, next Wednesday (20). The band Boston, which was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s, had three performances scheduled in the state in May.
