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Citizen group drops lawsuit over North Carolina LGBT law
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A citizens group has dropped its lawsuit defending a North Carolina law that limits LGBT rights and requires transgender people to use bathrooms in many public buildings matching the sex on their birth certificate.
North Carolinians for Privacy filed a notice Wednesday that it was dismissing its case, one of several pending in federal court.
The state's Republican leaders are continuing to defend the law in two other cases. A trial is scheduled for November.
Lawyers from Alliance Defending Freedom represented the group. The alliance said in a statement that it's shifting to a supporting role.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article99355197.html