Similar travel bans have been issued by the governors of Washington, New York and Connecticut and by other cities. The names of a further ten company executives have been added to a letter criticising North Carolina ’s new anti - LGBT laws , bringing the total to twelve . The new executives include the CEOs from PepsiCo , Hewlett Packard , Qualcomm and Microsoft . The law opposes anti - discrimination measures for LGBT people access to public toilets and restrooms . The venture capital arm of Google ’s parent company Alphabet has also stated that it will not invest in start - ups in North Carolina until the law is repealed .
The names of a further ten company executives have been added to a letter criticising North Carolina ’s new anti - LGBT laws , bringing the total to twelve . The new executives include the CEOs from PepsiCo , Hewlett Packard , Qualcomm and Microsoft . The law opposes anti - discrimination measures for LGBT people access to public toilets and restrooms . The venture capital arm of Google ’s parent company Alphabet has also stated that it will not invest in start - ups in North Carolina until the law is repealed .