"We understand the NBA's decision and the challenges around holding the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte this season. The North Carolina law, enacted earlier this year, directs transgender people to use public toilets corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificate. The National Basketball Association will not hold its annual All-Star Game in Charlotte next year due to North Carolina's so-called "Bathroom Law" limiting anti-discrimination protection for LGBT people, the league announced Thursday. Pat McCrory enacted several minor changes to the law, including a provision that restores workers' ability to use state law to sue over workplace discrimination, but leaves sexual orientation and gender identity unprotected. "With that said, we are pleased that the NBA opened the door for Charlotte to host All-Star weekend again as soon as an opportunity was available in 2019."

Source: Fox News July 21, 2016 20:07 UTC