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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Gender, sports, and youth medical policy

2026 ballot-measure tracking includes measures on marriage definitions, sex-separated school facilities and sports, and prohibitions on certain gender-related surgeries for minors. These sex, gender, and LGBTQ policy fights are active nationwide and shape state education, healthcare, and civil-rights rules. North Dakota stakeholders confront parallel choices about youth care, school facilities, athletics, and nondiscrimination.

How should North Dakota regulate sex and gender policies in schools and youth health care?

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Sources

Ballotpedia — https://ballotpedia.org/2026_ballot_measures
Prohibit schools and athletic associations from allowing a student, athlete, employee, or other individual from using a restroom, locker room, shower room, or other private space that is not designated for their sex
Ballotpedia — https://ballotpedia.org/2026_ballot_measures
Prohibit healthcare professionals from providing surgeries to persons under age 18 for the purpose of “treatment in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender”
Pew Research Center — https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/07/23/as-the-2026-midterms-approach-economy-is-front-and-center
Policies related to LGBT people | 37 | 34 | 27 | D+3
Positions on this issue  ·  liberal → conservative
  1. Affirm gender identity in schools and protect access to youth gender-related care
  2. Allow case-by-case inclusion and medical decisions with parental and clinical input
  3. Set neutral facility rules and leave most medical decisions to families and doctors
  4. Require sex-based facilities/sports and limit irreversible procedures for minors
  5. Ban gender-affirming treatments for minors and mandate strict sex-based separations