The Republican-led state legislature in North Dakota passed eight bills that would affect the state's transgender population this week, including a bill that bans biological males who identify as female from competing in sports with biological women.
The bills, which were passed by the state Senate this week after passing the House, are waiting for Gov. Doug Burgum's signature or veto, though his office has not indicated which direction the Republican governor is leaning. Although conservative, Burgum has been hesitant to sign legislation affecting transgender rights in the past.The measures include a ban on biological males who identify as transgender from competing against biological women in sports from kindergarten through college.
The North Dakota legislature is the second state legislature to pass a drag show ban, which would prohibit drag performances in public places. The first was Tennessee. The eight-bill package is the largest collection of legislation targeting transgender rights delivered to a governor in a single day this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union.
“This is not just one or two bad bills,” Cody Schuler, advocacy manager for the ACLU of North Dakota, told the Washington Post. “This is a well-orchestrated slate of hate to push trans people out of public life.”Two other bills focusing on the LGBT community are still being finalized after the state Senate sent changes in the two pieces of legislation back to the House.
The high number of legislation occurred suddenly because the state's legislative branch only meets once every two years. In 2021, Burgum vetoed a bill limiting transgender athletes’ participation in sports. Last week, Burgum vetoed a bill that would have allowed teachers the right to refuse using the preferred pronouns of transgender students and staff, claiming that it would make teachers the"pronoun police.
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