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Take Two

NBA takes a stand on LGBT discrimination

By Take Two Staff
Published Jul 22, 2016
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 file photo NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference to announce Charlotte, N.C., as the site of the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. The NBA is moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte because of its objections to a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 file photo NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference to announce Charlotte, N.C., as the site of the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. The NBA is moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte because of its objections to a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Yesterday the National Basketball Association made a stunning announced. They would not hold the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, N.C., as a response to state legislation that eliminated anti-discrimination protections for the LGBT community. 

Back in March, the state adopted House Bill 2 which limits anti-discrimmination protection for LGBT people. Now North Carolina stands to lose billions in revenue that the All Star Game would have brought to the region.

We'll talk about it with Cyd Ziegler, founder of  OutSports.com.