The head of North Carolina's flagship public university said a new state law is threatening the flow of private-sector money as donors and businesses are considering whether they want to continue providing funding for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Campus Chancellor Carol Folt made the comment in a letter to students and faculty addressing the university's compliance with the law, which blocks anti-discrimination rules protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.The law also requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming with their sex at birth, but doesn't dictate how that would be enforced.Folt said current and prospective donors are signaling they may reconsider their gifts since the law was adopted into law two weeks ago. Folt said the law also is jeopardizing grants and relationships with businesses.

The head of North Carolina's flagship public university said a new state law is threatening the flow of private-sector money as donors and businesses are considering whether they want to continue providing funding for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Campus Chancellor Carol Folt made the comment in a letter to students and faculty addressing the university's compliance with the law, which blocks anti-discrimination rules protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.



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The law also requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming with their sex at birth, but doesn't dictate how that would be enforced.

Folt said current and prospective donors are signaling they may reconsider their gifts since the law was adopted into law two weeks ago. Folt said the law also is jeopardizing grants and relationships with businesses.