North Carolina lieutenant governor won’t resign over anti-LGBTQ+ remarks - The Guardian
The Republican lieutenant governor of North Carolina has said he will not resign or back down over remarks in which he called transgenderism and homosexuality “filth”.Mark Robinson, the first African American to hold the post, made the remarks in question at Asbury Baptist church in Seagrove, North Carolina, in June.“There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth,” he said, in video posted to social media.Jeff Jackson, a Democratic North Carolina state senator and candidate for US Senate, joined calls for Robinson to quit.Joni Madison, interim president of the Human Rights Campaign, said Robinson should resign, for his “disgraceful, hateful statements directed at LGBTQ+ people”“If Lieutenant Governor Robinson still doesn’t understand how anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is received in North Carolina,” she said, “he should ask former governor Pat McCrory.”