NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, North Carolina, over transgender law

ByReuters

Published 21/07/2016 at 22:59 GMT+1

The NBA has cancelled plans to hold its 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte over a North Carolina state law decried as discriminatory against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the league said on Thursday.

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If there is an appropriate resolution to the matter the NBA said it hoped to reschedule the All-Star Game in Charlotte for 2019.