Supporters of North Carolina's House Bill 2 say it protects public health and safety by requiring people to use public restrooms that correspond to the gender listed on their birth certificates.
But opponents point to research that says restrictions based on sexual orientation or gender identity worsen health outcomes among people in those communities.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Shoshana Goldberg, a doctoral candidate at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, about the public health implications of House Bill 2.
Goldberg recently co-authored an article inThe Washington Postabout the potential implications of HB2 and similar measures in other states.