The temporary restraining order against Senate Bill 1100 prevents Idaho from forcing school districts to adopt policies enforcing sex-separated facilities.
The Butte-Silver Bow County employee who canceled a transgender woman’s lecture at the library citing the drag ban law said in a court filing this week he gave her opportunities to reschedule and comply with the law, and therefore did not violate her right to free speech.
Jim Edwards writes, "Knutson is needing funding for his initiative to monitor which women in our state are seeking abortions, as well as needed funding to monitor any/all transgender minors seeking gender-affirming care."
Idaho’s “bathroom bill” was one of several anti-LGBTQ bills that passed through the state’s legislature this session and arrived a week before Governor Brad Little signed another bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
A trio of conservative activists is asking to intervene in a lawsuit against Arizona’s trans athlete ban, claiming their daughters would face unequal treatment in school sports if the ban is eliminated.
Laws and policies, and statements used to justify them, reflect misconceptions and misinformation that conflate treatments and strip trans youth of essential care.
Democrats on the U.S. Senate panel discussed the need for the passage of legislation to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination given the tide of legislation in the states aiming to curb their rights.
Hundreds of individuals assembled on Friday in a vibrant pride rally outside the Missoula County Courthouse to commemorate Pride Month and to initiate discussions on the rights, political landscape and celebration of the queer community in Missoula and nationwide.
Gov. Greg Gianforte recently signed into law a bill outlawing drag performances on public property, a bill defining sex as either “male” or “female” and a bill placing language from the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in state statute.