Bill Would Keep Public Bathrooms, Showers As Same Sex Facilities

(Bismarck, ND) — A North Dakota House bill would limit the use of public bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in public schools to people of the same assigned sex. The bill would also apply to facilities at universities, jails, and sexual assault help centers. The measure allows for a supervisor to provide accommodations for transgender people at schools, college dorms, and prisons. Supporters say the bill protects privacy rights. Opponents argue the bill would create gray areas surrounding how the genders of campus visitors would be monitored.