North Carolina passed House Bill No. 2 Wednesday evening; the Bill proceeded to be signed by Republican Governor Pat McCrory and became what some parts of the nation referred to as the “newest, most radical anti-LGBT Law.”

This is, however, not the first conservative change the GOP majority pushed for since its capture of North Carolina’s legislature in 2010—or the first time NC has been under national spotlight for its lack of LGBTQ+ support.

Today, let’s take a look at nine other anti-LGBTQ+ incidents that happened in the state since 2012.

1. Amendment One:

In May 2012, right when the current senior class was getting ready for O-Week, North Carolina became the 30th state to place a legal ban on gay marriage.

Despite opposition from local activism groups, the state constitutional amendment was approved by a vote 60 to 40.

2. NC Pastor: gays and lesbians should be put behind electrified fences to die out.

Pastor Charles Worley criticized President Obama’s pro-LGBT platform before the 2012 presidential election and delivered a sermon featuring anti-LGBT sentiment. He was quoted to say that there should be “a great, big, large fence—150 or 100 mile long—put all the lesbians in there.”

The sermon received much public attention surrounding the electrified fence comment. Later, a member of North Carolina’s Providence Road Baptist Church defended Pastor Worley on a segment on Anderson Cooper 360°—saying “maybe that’s what he felt like should be done.”

3. UNC appointed anti-LGBT president.

The current University of North Carolina system president, Margaret Spellings, took office March 1 after being appointed by the UNC Board of Governors.

Spellings was former Secretary of Education under the Bush administration from 2005-2009, during which time some of her anti-LGBT remarks became national news.

For example, Spelling wrote a letter to PBS to criticize its depiction of a same-sex couple in the children’s program Postcards from Buster, because “many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles portrayed the episode.” Spellings then indicated that the department will be “more clear as to its expectations for any future programming that it funds,” as PBS received partial government funding.

4. NC public school suspended all club activities.

Lake Lure Classical Academy, a K-12 public charter school suspended all clubs’ activities in November due to parents’ complaints of a newly-formed LGBT club.

Although the complaints were filed targeting only one club, the school suspended all clubs under the Equal Access Act. The origin of the complaint came from a concerned grandmother who had seen a poster by the LGBT club, and said she had to explain to her elementary school student the meaning of “gay” and “lesbian.”

5. Election of Sen. Thom Tillis:

When Republican Senator Thom Tillis defeated former Democratic Senator Kay Hagan in the 2014 state Senate Election, the public had yet to find out that Tillis was alleged to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Sen. Thom Tillis, however, has always been outspoken against LGBTQ rights during his political career.

In between the drafting and the eventual passage of Amendment One, Tillis publicly supported the ban on same-sex marriage as speaker of the House—the House then put the amendment on the ballot under his leadership. Further, after Amendment One was ruled unconstitutional by federal judges in 2014, newly-seated Tillis and senate leader Philip Berger led efforts to appeal to reinstate the ban on same-sex marriage.

6. Nicholas Sparks discrimination Lawsuit:

In 2014, a former employee of the Epiphany School of Global Studies founded by Nicholas Sparks in New Bern, North Carolina filed a lawsuit against Sparks, accusing him of discrimination against LGBT populations, African Americans and non-Christians.

The plaintiff, Saul Benjamin, served as the headmaster and CEO at Epiphany School of Global Studies. He said students at the school were prohibited from talking about their sexual orientation, and that LGBT bullying incidents were not properly investigated at the school.

7. House Bill 358 Religious Freedom Restoration Act:

About a year ago, House Bill 358 was introduced by Republican Representative Paul Stam known as the NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Act followed Indiana and Arizona’s similar legislation—granting religious freedom to private business to fire or deny service to individuals or customers based on personal religious beliefs.

8. Senate Bill 2: freedom to discriminate.

Last February, a bill was passed in the North Carolina Senate to allow registrars and magistrates to discriminate against same-sex couples for religious reason.

The Bill stated that some county officials have the freedom to refuse services to couples based on “any sincerely held religious objection,” and went into law after the state House overrode a veto vote by the government.

9. NC Anti-sodomy laws:

As of today, anal sex is still considered illegal in North Carolina—even though anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2003.

Along with Alabama, Louisiana and 14 other states, North Carolina has not yet repealed its law targeting LGBT populations and prohibiting sexual activity between consenting adults.