How is North Carolina’s Roy Cooper different from Kentucky’s Kim Davis?

How is North Carolina’s Roy Cooper different from Kentucky’s Kim Davis?

ByJosh Bernoff

North Carolina’s new law enables and protects people who discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The state attorney general, Roy Cooper, has refused to defend the law in court. Should he? This is an uncomfortable question because it’s so similar to another recent case. Read both of the descriptions below and…

“I’m transgender”: Lilly Wachowski makes a statement
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“I’m transgender”: Lilly Wachowski makes a statement

ByJosh Bernoff

There are announcements. There are statements. And then there are statements like Lilly Wachowski’s. The two filmmakers who created “The Matrix” were know at the time as Larry and Andy Wachowski. Both have now transitioned from male to female. Lana announced her transition in 2008 and Lilly, yesterday. Hollywood figures have publicists and announce things in a…