The Maine men's basketball team will wear black and rainbow-themed warm-up shirts before its Saturday game against Duke as a way to protest North Carolina's controversial HB2 law.
That law, signed in March by Gov. Pat McCrory, effectively prevents transgender people from using a bathroom of their identity, rather than of the gender on their birth certificate.
The warm-up shirts are in coordination with You Can Play, a social activism organization dedicated to eradicating homophobia and transphobia through the sports world. The team also has the support of the America East Conference, of which Maine is a member.