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.

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