She was referring to a section of the state law that bans transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
And you know, you're safe in the bathroom with me and the people that I know,' Tegard said. It's like normal people and they're nice and they're having fun. 'Well, it's not Sodom and Gomorrah for all you church people out there. People like Marsha Tegard, a 61-year-old transgender woman here for the first time. House Bill 2, the state law that overturned an update to Charlotte's civil rights ordinance that included protects for LGBT people, may actually have encouraged more to attend.
On Saturday, the revelers came early, and they came dressed in their finest.īut attendees had more of a political edge this year. A record number of people came uptown this weekend for Charlotte's annual gay and lesbian Pride Parade & Festival.
