Democratic congressional candidate offers heartfelt apology for previous anti-LGBTQ vote

As a state legislator, Charles Graham voted in favor of North Carolina’s anti-trans bathroom law. Within days, he realized the harm he had done & started working to fix it. He still is.

North Carolina Democratic candidate Charles Graham
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North Carolina Democratic candidate Charles Graham is apologizing to the LGBTQ community for his previous vote in favor of the state’s infamous anti-trans bathroom law. The law required transgender people to use facilities that correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth.

Deemed the most extreme anti-LGBTQ law in the country, it spawned national outrage – and copycat legislation by Republicans. Only 11 Democratic state representatives voted in favor of the measure, joining 71 Republicans to pass the obviously discriminatory law in less than 12 hours.

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The state senate also took up the matter quickly, and Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed it into law within 24 hours.

Graham, who is now running for Congress, quickly realized what he actually voted for, and stumbled his way through an explanation shortly after he cast his vote. A local outlet called Graham to ask why he voted to support discrimination, and quoted him verbatim.

“Uhhhh… well… uhhhh… H.B. 2… uhhhh…. I voted in favor of that, uh, HB 2, because I was…

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