North Dakota schools must use transgender pronouns, veto upheld.

North Dakota lawmakers failed to override the governor's veto of a bill that would have restricted public school teachers from acknowledging the personal pronouns a transgender student uses without permission from parents and school administrators. The governor argued that the bill would have forced teachers to act as "pronoun police" and that existing laws already protect free speech rights. The bill's opponents argued that it perpetuated discrimination against transgender students. North Dakota is considering other bills this session about transgender students, including one that would bar transgender girls from playing on girls' teams in public schools.