Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert that was scheduled for this Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina, explaining to fans on your Facebook page and your Site official, who had taken this decision in protest against the recent entry into force, in that US state, the law known as HB2 ( House Bill 2), or “law of the quarter-bath”, which requires transsexuals to use the facilities public health corresponding to the sex with which they were born.
Springsteen boycott is just the latest of many negative reactions that the new law has led since it was approved in late February. Formally called Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act , the new law, which came into force on April 1, has been publicly criticized by Barack Obama and the Democratic candidates to succeed Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders .
In addition to stipulating the bathrooms that transsexuals can use, “the law also attacks the rights of LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) to go to court when their rights are violated in place and work, “accuses Springsteen in the message posted on Facebook.
Stating that this law is” an attempt carried out people who do not support the progress the country has made in recognizing the human rights of all citizens, “the singer, who in May will be in Lisbon to perform at Rock in Rio, recalls that” some things are more important than a rock show, “and that” this fight against prejudice and intolerance is one of them ” .
Several companies have already announced their opposition to the “law of the quarter-bath”, including giants such as American Airlines, Apple, Google, Facebook or Pay Pal.
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