Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, PayPal, and others are among those who have canceled plans to perform, work, and expand in the states over the recent anti-LGBT laws.
The recent passage of anti-LGBT legislation in North Carolina and Mississippi has triggered protests and growing corporate backlash, with some companies refusing to expand in the states and high-profile performers canceling events.
Protesters against North Carolina's anti-LGBT law.
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North Carolina lawmakers passed House Bill 2 on March 23, which overrides local LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances in the state and bans transgender people from certain restrooms.
And on March 30, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law House Bill 1523, which protects people, religious organizations, and certain businesses that refuse services due to their religious opposition to same-sex marriage, and also protects those who object to transgender people and refuse to recognize their gender identity.
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