North Dakota restricts bathroom access for transgender individuals

North Dakota's Republican Governor, Doug Burgum, has signed a bill that restricts access to bathrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in several state facilities. The new law affects dorms and living facilities controlled by the state board of higher education, as well as correctional facilities for youths and adults. Transgender or gender-nonconforming people would need to get approval from a staff member to use the restroom or shower room of their choice. This is one of more than 450 bills attacking the rights of transgender people that have been introduced in state legislatures so far this year, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.