{"id":834615,"date":"2023-06-27T09:50:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&#038;p=834615"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:29:18","slug":"doug-burgum","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/doug-burgum\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Burgum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-politics-and-policy\/north-dakota-governor-oks-law-ignore-transgender-pronouns-rcna83411\">Signed<\/a> into law a bill that permits public school teachers and state government employees to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-dakota-transgender-pronouns-bill-senate-4e5df2f2c3c456e1f9b6a173c7cac4b7\">ignore the preferred pronouns<\/a> of their transgender students and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-dakota-transgender-lgbtq-sports-ban-04c0f81665e763a63760c793fb67948a\">\u2014Signed<\/a> two transgender athlete bans into law, prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K\u201312 and college. Two years ago Burgum <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-dakota-transgender-pronouns-veto-c471f794bd0aa09befd2c43654d7fe97\">vetoed a nearly identical bill<\/a> that would have banned transgender girls from playing on girls\u2019 teams in public schools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/north-dakota-governor-signs-law-criminalizing-trans-health-care-for-minors\">\u2014Signed<\/a> a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/icymi-governor-doug-burgum-signs-discriminatory-bathroom-bill-into-law-inviting-more-instances-of-harassment-and-violence-against-transgender-north-dakotans\">\u2014Signed<\/a> a total of eight discriminatory bills into law in 2023 including those above; restrictions on drag performances; a \u201creligious refusal\u201d bill permitting discrimination; and bills adding additional rules for gender markers on birth certificates that discriminates against transgender people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/north-dakota-gov-doug-burgum-gop-condemns-anti\/story?id=71969568\">\u2014Defied<\/a> his party in a rebuke against an anti-LGBTQ resolution that was passed by hundreds of Republican legislators in the North Dakota legislature. 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