The Human Rights Campaign rated more than 500 cities across the country, including 10 in North Carolina.
North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic challenger Roy Cooper blamed each other at every turn Tuesday in their gubernatorial debate, in particular regarding a state law McCrory signed limiting nondiscrimination rules for LGBT people that has received national criticism.
But the door is open for more legal challenges.
There's a chance House Bill 2 could be repealed soon, according to a North Carolina lobbying group. But they say the City of Charlotte has to act to make that happen.
The crowd of around 2,000 people at a University of North Carolina at Greenboro campus building cheered as she took the stage. James Brown's famous song "I Feel Good" played as a musical answer on how her health is holding up.