Laura Jane Grace, the lead singer of punk rock band Against Me!, said she will not cancel her concert in the state as a “form of protest.”
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North Carolina lawmakers passed House Bill 2 on March 23 which overrides local LGBT ordinances in the state and bans transgender people from certain restrooms.
The legislation has triggered a wave of protests and increasing corporate backlash with several companies refusing to expand in the state and high-profile performers canceling their events.
However, Grace, has publicly stated she will not cancel her May 15 concert despite the ongoing backlash.
In an interview with BuzzFeed News on Wednesday, the singer, who publicly came out as transgender in 2012, said, "I'm going to create an event around the show as a form of protest to say that despite whatever stupid laws they enact, trans people are not going to be scared. They are not going to go away."
Grace called the law's focus on restroom usage "ridiculous."
"An attack by a transgender person against another person in a bathroom has never been documented," she said. "There are more incidents of straight senators having issues in bathrooms than transgender people."
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