Discrimination comes at a high cost, do you think South Dakota is ready to pay up? 🤔
To better understand the economic consequences of House Bill 1217, a bill that would ban trans girls from playing sports on teams that are consistent with their gender, we can look to what happened to North Carolina after they passed House Bill 2, an anti-trans bathroom bill. 
After House Bill 2 was passed businesses like @PayPal @googleventures and Deustche Bank that supported transgender people, started pulling out of projects and banning further investment in the North Carolina economy until the bill was repealed.
These businesses relocated because they know that
discriminatory policies like House Bill 1217 endanger the lives of their LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit employees and their families. charlotteobserver.com/news/business/…
discriminatory policies like House Bill 1217 endanger the lives of their LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit employees and their families. charlotteobserver.com/news/business/…
These businesses relocated because they know that discriminatory policies like House Bill 1217 endanger the lives of their LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit employees and their families.
When pulling out of a planned project for a new global operations center that would have brought a $3.6 million investment and 400 new jobs to North Carolina, PayPal CEO, Dan Schulman said:
Analysis by @APNews estimated that passing House Bill 2 lost North Carolina a total of $3.76 billion and over 2,900 jobs.
They later concluded this was likely an underestimation.
They later concluded this was likely an underestimation.
Canceled conventions, concerts and sporting events alone deprived the state of more than $196 million, according to state tourism officials. apnews.com/article/e6c7a1…
Take a look at businesses like @HiltonHotels @amazon and more who have signed onto this letter taking a stand against discrimination at aclusd.org/hrc-stats. @HRC
It does not make sense for our lawmakers to put South Dakotans at risk of losing potential employment opportunities by signing House Bill 1217 into law.
🗣️ We can stop this bill, but it will take all of us rising up and fighting back to make it happen. aclusd.org/end-hb1217-now
🗣️ We can stop this bill, but it will take all of us rising up and fighting back to make it happen. aclusd.org/end-hb1217-now
Email us at southdakota@aclu.org or DM us if you have questions!
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