--- title: George Takei Tweets Support of Transgender Rights After ACC description: Actor and activist George Takei took to his Twitter to support the ACC after it pulled championships from North Carolina because of HB2. canonical: https://time.com/4494062/george-takei-acc-north-carolina/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T22:01:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:34.329Z og:title: Here's What George Takei Has to Say About NC's Bathroom Bill og:description: #YouCanPeeNextToMe og:url: https://time.com/4494062/george-takei-acc-north-carolina/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23095aa6edd97e6f/6988a62597cdfffd806adcf2/george-takei-north-carolina-bathroom-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: George Takei og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What George Takei Has to Say About NC's Bathroom Bill twitter:description: #YouCanPeeNextToMe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23095aa6edd97e6f/6988a62597cdfffd806adcf2/george-takei-north-carolina-bathroom-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What George Takei Has to Say About the ACC Pulling Its Championship Out of North Carolina > Sponsored content. 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Bruce Glikas—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 10:01 PM UTC Actor and activist George Takei has been a vehement opposer of the [House Bill 2](http://time.com/4314896/transgender-bathroom-bill-male-predators-argument/) since it was introduced, and he took to Twitter to weigh in on the [Atlantic Coast Conference’s decision to pull their league championship games out of North Carolina](http://time.com/4493668/acc-north-carolina-pulls-championship-hb2/) in 2016 – 2017 due to the state’s controversial [law](http://time.com/4314896/transgender-bathroom-bill-male-predators-argument/), which some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people. The _Star Trek_ star, who has long championed his political beliefs, tweeted out a message following the ACC’s action, writing to his followers, “The ACC has now pulled its championships out of NC over its bathroom bill. Let’s stop obsessing on where people pee. #YouCanPeeNextToMe” North Carolina’s [HB2 law](http://time.com/4318812/bathroom-law-transgender-north-carolina/) mandates that state residents must use public bathrooms that match their “biological sex” on their birth certificates. This measure was created in response to Charlotte’s passing of local LGBT non-discrimination protections, which among several matters, affirmed the right of transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. 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