GOP gov. signs anti-trans bathroom bill with possible prison for life & a rainbow flag ban. The bathroom bill is one of the most extreme anti-trans laws in the nation, while the flag bill is a direct rebuke of the city of Boise.

Question for anyone who supports this: How do you tell who is suppose to be in which bathroom?

>Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill on Tuesday that makes it a criminal offense for trans people to use the bathroom associated with their gender, which could carry a punishment of up to life in prison. He also signed a bill banning Pride flags on government buildings, the second ban on the Pride flag that Idaho has passed in the past several years. The city of Boise took down its Pride flag after Little signed the law, a flag that it has been flying for a decade. H.B. 752, the bathroom bill, [applies to all restrooms](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/trans-people-could-face-life-in-under-bathroom-ban-passed-by-idaho-legislature/), including those maintained by private businesses, rather than just those in government buildings. The law makes Idaho the fourth state – after Florida, Kansas, and Utah – to criminalize trans people who use the restroom that corresponds with their gender, but the other state laws don’t apply to private businesses. And it gets worse. [As independent journalist Erin Reed explained](https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/idaho-passes-most-extreme-bathroom), a fourth violation of the law would constitute a third felony conviction, punishable under Idaho’s persistent violator statute by a mandatory minimum of five years and up to life in prison. Reed also noted that H.B. 752 allows prior convictions for violations of other states’ anti-trans bathroom laws to count towards the escalation of penalties in Idaho. If a trans person is convicted in another state, Reed explained, their first violation in Idaho would count as their second, making them subject to stiffer penalties. [A 2025 study](https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/safety-in-restrooms-and-facilites/) found that there is “no evidence of increased harms to people who are not transgender when transgender people are allowed to use restrooms and other gendered facilities according to their identity.” Democratic state Sen. Ron Taylor said that the bill is about oppressing a marginalized population. This is genocide, plain and simple. They are trying to exterminate trans people and torture trans people unto eternal damnation. Christian nationalists are demented sadists. They find torturing trans people satisfying. They claim to love their neighbors. If that's the case, I'd rather be nowhere near them. If being a Christian means committing genocide on trans people, I want nothing to do with them or with Jesus. Christian nationalists don't portray God as a loving God, the way they hunt and persecute trans people.

I follow a few trans athletic trainers and they're more masculine than me and I'm a burly bearded blue collared caveman. Obviously we all know this is performative from the politicians themselves to keep their followers from thinking about all the ruination they're creating, but I don't think your average supporter of bigotry has thought this through.

Come on Idaho, what the hell!

Show of hands, folks. How many of you have been attacked by a dude dressed like a girl in the girls’ bathroom? Okay, now who here has been attacked by a dude, dressed like a dude, that either you or your parents mistakenly trusted?

Bigot pieces of shit

Ahh Idaho, our most northern confederate state.

[Transgender and](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2738402/) [intersexual people](https://www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/intersex-people-past-and-present-contemporary-advocacy-historical-context) [have](https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/97/4/1098/717274?login=false) [always](https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/92/2/411/842236?redirectedFrom=fulltext) [existed](https://trail.pugetsound.edu/?p=15774), [gender](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789424000340) [affirming](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10290445/) [care is](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37526532/) [health ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35212746/)[care](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31735692/), [and when](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11045042/) [coupled with](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5061456/) [social acceptance](https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article-abstract/18/11/1933/6955947), [promotes the](https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/gender-affirming-care-saves-lives) [well-being of](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1747938X17300386) [transgender](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/23727322211068021) [people](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/archive/lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-path-better-public-health/), [including](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740920311440) [kids](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34553384/). [Conservatism](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatism) \-- by definition -- is "a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, **stressing the importance of established hierarchies and institutions** (such as religion, the family, and **class structure**), and preferring gradual development to abrupt change". The *sole* value of conservatism is respect for and obedience to \[one's perception of\] traditionally established hierarchy, and hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility, and resources, while those on the bottom (out-groups) are demonized/dehumanized and/or bound by restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources. To them, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those \[they perceive to be\] on top \[of social hierarchy\] to be bound by the restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources reserved for those on the bottom. The first greatest injustice is for those on the bottom to have access to the rights, credibility, and resources reserved for those on top. Conservatives absolutely need an underclass \[for society\] to demonize and dehumanize in order to maintain \[their\] hierarchy, and every single one of their policies and rhetoric work to do exactly that. Every right-wing accusation is a confession -- *every. single. one*; always! -- as it is never *the act itself* that upsets them, but rather, *the social standing* of the person doing the act, as said act is a privilege meant for those on top of \[their perceived\] hierarchy (See also: pedophilia - Trump, Epstein, Catholic church versus LGBTQ+, drag queens) "Know your place" is their mantra.

If only they put this much effort in punishing the little men and women poors to instead punish the Trumpstein elites for acts against humanity.   

Republicans conquering the important issues 1st, as usual...

I’m Canadian. I’ve emailed my MP (Member of Parliament - similar to a House rep) to suggest that we implement a special refugee visa for LGBTQ+ people needing to flee the madness, the persecution and the bigotry, in the US. Postibg this to encourage my fellow Canucks to do the same. 🇨🇦