US culture wars dominated North Dakota's legislative session

The new laws prohibit transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. They also criminalize health care providers who give gender-affirming care to minors. And they limit transgender children and adults in accessing the bathrooms, locker rooms and shower rooms of their choice in state-run colleges and correctional facilities. Burgum has not yet acted on a bill — which also passed both chambers with veto-proof majorities — that would allow teachers and government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender colleagues and students use. The...