Boston has banned taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina.

Mayor Marty Walsh signed it into law Wednesday, after city councilors approved the ban.

It’s in response to North Carolina’s law that prevents a transgender person from using a public bathroom that matches his or her gender identity. 

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