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Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony

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Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony
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Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony
Gov. Brad Little signed the measure on Transgender Day of Visibility as advocates rallied outside the statehouse.
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brain_overclocked Apr 1, 2026 +166
>The law makes it a crime to “knowingly and willfully” enter a restroom or changing facility that does not align with one’s sex assigned at birth in a government building or place of public accommodation. A first offense is punishable by up to one year in jail. A second conviction within five years can be charged as a felony, carrying a potential sentence of up to five years in prison. >Transgender residents say that the law doesn't give them a choice. In an op-ed for The Advocate, Mathews described what that means in practice as a daily calculation between two risks. “Do I feel like going to jail, or do I feel like being attacked?” they wrote. ... Law enforcement groups had warned the measure would be difficult to enforce. Organizations, including the Idaho Fraternal Order of Police and the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association, said it could place officers in the position of determining a person’s “biological sex” or weighing whether someone qualifies for an exception, decisions critics say are inherently subjective. >The Idaho Sheriff’s Association urged lawmakers to require that individuals first be asked to leave a facility before police are called. Lawmakers declined to adopt that change. >The law includes a series of exceptions for emergency response, medical assistance, or when no reasonable alternative facility is available, but critics argue that those carve-outs do little to resolve the fact that the law criminalizes presence rather than conduct.
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ennuiinmotion Apr 1, 2026 +221
So wait, if someone is at a gas station or a place that has two single use bathrooms and they’re labeled Men and Women, and there’s someone in the one you need to use, it’s a crime to use the other one? Or is it in the fine print that this only applies to multiple-people bathrooms? See how dumb this gets, trying to legislate bathrooms? Edit: I don’t know where else to share this stupid bathroom story, but there are multiple restaurant bathrooms near me that are single occupancy (the doors lock and the rooms are small) but have both a urinal and a toilet right next to each other with no divider. Are bathrooms in the rest of the world as fucked up and nonsensical as in America?
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4ivE Apr 1, 2026 +146
A *felony*, at that.
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Msdamgoode Apr 1, 2026 +1
Probably less of a sentence to squat in the parking lot.
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Villageijit Apr 1, 2026 +120
No thats the point. Just a reason to arrest undesirables and lock them in the for profit prison system forever
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Ananiujitha Apr 1, 2026 +56
The federal prison system already denies appropriate healthcare and experiments on trans prisoners instead; this can kill; I doubt the Idaho prison system would be any better. The mods removed my previous post, (and gave me a warning; apparently *opposing* harm to trans people is considered hate) (P.S. or perhaps because it was gallows humor about the harm), but here are some citations: > Uncloseted Media obtained a copy of a new BOP policy dated Feb. 19, 2026, titled “Management of Inmates with Gender Dysphoria.” The policy introduces a process to “develop a tapering plan that includes … discontinuation of the hormone intervention” for individuals already receiving treatment, and reaffirms the denial of social accommodations and new HRT prescriptions. It also states, “The Bureau will comply with this Executive Order [14168] unless compliance … is prohibited by a court injunction or court order.” https://www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/we-spoke-to-8-incarcerated-trans > Signed into effect by Bureau of Prisons (BOP) director Billy Marshall on February 19, the policy prohibits the bureau from providing gender-affirming surgeries or hormone replacement therapy to federal inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Inmates who were previously receiving hormone medications will be forcibly tapered off of them and given a new individualized treatment plan that “may include psychotherapy, group counseling, psychiatric services, and psychotropic medications.” https://www.them.us/story/federal-prisons-are-beginning-to-force-trans-inmates-off-hormone-therapy > Make no mistake: this checks all the boxes of medical experimentation. By its own admission, the Trump administration is throwing out existing medical standards and instead wishes to force arbitrary guidelines onto a captive population—all the while being fully aware of the risks and actively documenting the results. As Transitics reported last month, this is being done with the intention of ‘helping’ trans people “recover” from gender dysphoria, which is a euphemism for conversion therapy. And this will be imposed onto the ~2,200 trans people in federal prisons until it ‘works,’ until they are released, or until it breaks them. https://transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-administration-admits-to
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Intelligent-Dot-29 Apr 1, 2026 +17
Arrested if they don’t like the way you look or dress.
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CheapWeight8403 Apr 1, 2026 +41
Yes, and it will only be used against trans people. It is dumb. It's dumb for you. It's a nightmare for trans people who will go to jail Do Not Make Light of This
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DAVENP0RT Apr 1, 2026 +20
Exactly, this is designed to make trans people afraid to go out into public. Just another page straight out of the Nazi playbook.
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MonkeyVine7 Apr 1, 2026 +6
What about single occupancy unisex bathrooms? Surely some exist somewhere in Idaho. It would be illegal for both cis and trans people to use them.
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ennuiinmotion Apr 1, 2026 +4
By definition a single occupancy bathroom is unisex. They can slap a sign on it saying otherwise but there’s no reason not to use whatever bathroom if it’s single occupancy.
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Julian_Sark Apr 1, 2026 +2
And let's hope it's even clearly labeled. In my country they go all cutesy on the iconography on the doors. As such, I walked into a ladies bathroom once in a club and took a piss in one of the stalls, thinking that was the only facility in that run-down place. Only when I came out did a bouncer tell me smirkingly that next time, I shall be using the largely unmarked door at the other end of the hallway. Good thing that ain't America, or I might be defending that in court.
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JoviAMP Apr 1, 2026 +2
Funny story about this, I’m a cis guy and I was in a Starbucks years ago and I was getting ready to head home. I went to the restroom, and there were two bathrooms, an occupied “men’s” single-stall, and a vacant “women’s” single-stall. I waited a minute, but wound up knocking on the vacant door, no reply, so I went in and used it. As I was exiting, a woman was exiting the “men’s” restroom next to it. Neither of us said anything but we both chuckled. I like to think we were both thinking about how absurd it was to gender restrooms, especially single-use ones.
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WhenSummerIsGone Apr 1, 2026 +1
a restaurane i go to has two sincle occupancy bathrooms, marked with gender sxgns. But they are also marked with gender neutral signs. It's confusing. I just use what's available. i've seen bathrooms marked with signs that indicate which have urinals, which makes sense to me.
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Curious_Wait694 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Or to add to your example ones out of order and they haven't gotten it fixed yet so everyone has to use the other
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DigNitty Apr 1, 2026 +1
What if say, the women’s bathroom is closed for repair?
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rawbdor Apr 1, 2026 +55
A cisgendered man and his 7 year old daughter are traveling and stop at a restaurant. The man is lucky, as his daughter has recently started using the woman's room on her own. Still, she is new at this, and the father waits outside, trusting his daughter will emerge. But she doesn't. He calls in to her and she says she needs help with something. A zipper is stuck. She can't fix it without leaving the restroom exposed. "Sorry sweetheart. I'm legally prevented from entering and assisting you." "But Dad! Nobody is in here!" "No can doosville, babydoll". The sound of a crash rings out. His daughter has fallen somehow. He calls to her, but she doesn't respond. The father tries to find a staff member who can check on her, but unfortunately no females are on the clock. The father waits a few minutes, but eventually accepts the result. Another one claimed by the void, just like all the rest. The parade marches on, one fewer in line.
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Derka_Derper Apr 1, 2026 +9
Yep. Gonna be a lot of parents getting arrested for taking their children to the bathroom. GOP found a way to separate even more children from their parents and put them in very vulnerable positions ripe for abuse.
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1917he Apr 1, 2026 +2
>The law includes a series of exceptions for emergency response, medical assistance, or when no reasonable alternative facility is available, but critics argue that those carve-outs do little to resolve the fact that the law criminalizes presence rather than conduct. Weird story though.
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Kalelisagod Apr 1, 2026 +3
This story is why they keep winning. There is a clause that says an emergency he can go in. See you Mae up a story(though well done) and don’t understand that you are just trying to build up rage with similar like minded people without understanding that it would never happen. Look we live in a shit world right now but exaggeration and assumption don’t help a single thing.
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snorbflock Apr 1, 2026 +11
Guns: "Murder is already illegal! The gun was just a totally innocent participant. You can't regulate it!" Bathrooms: "We are so scared of things that are already illegal and aren't happening that we're going to criminalize existing in a place where those crimes don't happen!" Does this seem unusual? Nope, it's not hypocrisy - it's just lies and bad faith bullshit. Are they really concerned about something? Nope, they don't mean anything they say, ever. They will spew any lies they have to, in order to have maximal guns and maximal transphobia.
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Josgre987 Apr 1, 2026 +23
what is you need to change your kid but the changing room in one bathroom is bad, or they're scared of the men's room and you have to take them to the lady's toilets? (toddlers be like that sometimes)
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darsynia Apr 1, 2026 +7
I'd hope that 'willfully and knowingly' means that the offender, in this case a child in diapers, won't be committing the offense. Will that actually be the case? Will they enforce against disabled folks who need caregivers? Have these legislators thought of this stuff? that's the one I can answer, because I bet they did not.
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opermonkey Apr 1, 2026 +11
depends on your skin tone/political affiliation.
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Tokie-Dokie Apr 1, 2026 +1052
Place your bets on when they discover Gov. Brad Little's collection of child p***.
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Carcosa_The_Knife Apr 1, 2026 +264
Probably years ago, it's what keeps him in the GOP.
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theLocoFox Apr 1, 2026 +67
Ding ding ding.
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NatalieVonCatte Apr 1, 2026 +32
At this point I won’t be surprised if they have their own f****** bespoke CP Netflix. Welcome to the Republican Party! Here’s your free oil futures, your new human trafficked housekeeper, and a complimentary twelve year old.
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dehydratedrain Apr 1, 2026 +12
Did they runout of 9 year olds already?
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NatalieVonCatte Apr 1, 2026 +4
You need to buy a Trump Gold membership for those.
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elleveira Apr 1, 2026 +38
It’s always the ones making these moral crusades their entire personality who end up having the most disturbing skeletons in their closet. Pure projection.
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JohnnyTight_Lips Apr 1, 2026 +7
It's always the ones you most suspect.
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DigNitty Apr 1, 2026 +1
[Minnesota’s Justin Eichorn tried previously](https://www.newsweek.com/republican-behind-trump-derangement-syndrome-bill-resigns-justin-eichorn-2048418) to ban trans people from public restrooms through a proposed bill. The bill did not go forward because he was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor. And as an aside, you know how it’s clear this is just about hating trans people and not protecting children? There have been zero bills proposed to ban Actual sex offenders from public bathrooms -like Justin Eichorn.
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big_trike Apr 1, 2026 +2
Where’s the kalshi link?
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Comicalacimoc Apr 1, 2026 +294
So sometimes as a woman the ladies line is too long and anyone willing to go into the men’s room does. So now that’s a felony?
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Revoran Apr 1, 2026 +184
Sure sounds like it. But they're not gonna charge many cis people with this - it'll be mostly selectively enforced against people who are obviously trans.
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ridemyscooter Apr 1, 2026 +96
Oh sure they will. Any woman that’s not feminine enough will get a felony. Have short hair? Look a little butch? Felony. They absolutely will use this against cis women they “don’t find conventionally attractive”
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Consequence-Holiday Apr 1, 2026 +20
I have PCOS, as a result I basically grow a full beard. I am genuinely worried that some yahoo will think I'm trans and attack me if I go into a woman's bathroom these days.
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TR_Pix Apr 1, 2026 +12
See: Imane Khelif
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OwnIllustrator1609 Apr 1, 2026 +37
How they gonna enforce it 😂 Hello 911 send help a man? Maybe a man? Or a woman? I can’t tell went into the ladies room, want me to do a citizens arrest? Okay take you’re time their taking a shit and said it’s gonna be a while
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Canadiangoosedem0n Apr 1, 2026 +105
There are videos of cis woman being accused of being trans in the bathroom and it involves being followed into the bathroom and yelled at by men (sometimes women but mainly men) with a demand to get out. It's easy to imagine things turning violent especially if the woman is somewhere alone. This is just disgusting.
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OwnIllustrator1609 Apr 1, 2026 +5
I’m in no light making a joke about this it’s just so fucked up how fast things are happening where it’s like what can we even do but laugh about how stupid we’ve become
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kstar79 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Yeah, there are way more women who don't meet their idea of a strict gender ideal than there are actual transwoman. The transvestigations will continue until there's a backlash from women's groups.
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +12
Police already said it's impossible to enforce. Just virtue signaling nonsense from cultists. If you have the misfortune of being in Idaho just call the police on every single person in the bathroom. "I thought it was a trans person!!"
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spinnyround Apr 1, 2026 +28
Yea. That’s about it. Think smoking pot in the 80s but just existing. If they don’t like you, it’s a lot different than if they do. 
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darsynia Apr 1, 2026 +24
Yep this will harass as many if not more cis people who don't look 'gender conforming' than it will actually 'catch' trans people (and that's not to say it's worse for the cis people! Just that it's going to be used as a cudgel against everyone, and folks shouldn't consider themselves immune or safe by being cis). AND, it's more likely that people who already know the trans person will stalk them in public to catch them using the bathroom and then call. I suspect almost none of the enforcement will be a genuine unplanned, organic 'this trans person is using the bathroom to my utter shock' event. edit: this is bad. very bad. especially for trans people who are being chased out of society. I refuse to put anyone on a list by speaking about them in public but believe me I'm worried about this thanks to folks close to me.
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TR_Pix Apr 1, 2026 +3
It'll probably be, they will beat up the trans person then if the police shows up to see whats up they can point at the beat up person and say they're the ones at fault If the police doesnt show up the person is just beaten
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Sofer2113 Apr 1, 2026 +20
They'll be shocked when an outwardly presenting man with a beard walks into the ladies room because of this law.
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0Megabyte Apr 1, 2026 +13
No, they'll just have that trans man beaten or arrested until he either flees or dies.
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bkcarp00 Apr 1, 2026 +17
My thoughts exactly. I have many trans men friends with giant beards, tattoos and piercings all over them. Guess females will have to be happy seeing them in the bathroom now.
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raerae1991 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Oh, no, laws like this will effect cis women who aren’t feminine enough. It’s a way to police women who are the vast majority of people who use the ladies rooms
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keznaa Apr 1, 2026 +15
I had this exact thought lol Events would be even more hellish. I went to the Renaissance festival 2 weeks ago.The nicest guy ever let a few of us chicks use the men's bathroom in the feast hall because the Lord's and Ladies bathrooms were single occupancy. He absolutely saved the day lol So we would all get charged with a felonies or is it a lesser offense because he just aided us?
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lolofaf Apr 1, 2026 +7
I would be even more worried about a father taking his toddler daughter into a women's restroom to make sure his daughter is comfortable. Is he supposed to leave the toddler unsupervised? Should he take the toddler into the men's restroom, or would the toddler then be charged with a felony (extend that to caring for babies of opposite sex in your restroom too then!)? The harder you think about all these anti trans laws, the less they make any sense.
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Ok-Conversation2707 Apr 1, 2026 +9
The [law](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0752.pdf) explicitly doesn’t apply to that scenario and pretty much every conceivable scenario outside of transgender individuals using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. > *To accompany and render assistance to a person who is in need of assistance when the person rendering assistance is: (i) A family member or a legal guardian; or (ii) The designee of the person in need of assistance and the designee is not a member of the designated sex for the single-sex restroom, changing facility, or sleeping quarters; or* > *To a minor child who is in need of assistance and, for the purpose of receiving that assistance, is accompanied by a family member, a legal guardian, or the individual's designee who is a member of the designated sex for the single-sex restroom or changing facility.*
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keznaa Apr 1, 2026 +2
I remember my dad taking me into the men's bathroom when I was like 5. He told me to close my eyes until we got into the stall lol
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elleveira Apr 1, 2026 +25
Exactly. They’re creating a legal nightmare over a non-issue. So now we’re going to use taxpayer money and police resources to check IDs at the bathroom door because the woman’s line was too long?
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No_Huckleberry2350 Apr 1, 2026 +9
We aren't going to check id's, a trans person could have an ID from another state with their trans gender or just not be carrying an id. No, Cisco girls are going o have to prove to random busynodies, male.or female, thT they have girl parts since.there is no easy way to demonstrate your genome and there are more intersex people than trams people. I also wonder if the law is worded so broadly tht a mother taking her young son into the ladies room could get into trouble.
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Jean-Paul_Sartre Apr 1, 2026 +6
A few months ago I was traveling and had to take a piss. Went into the bathroom at a McDonalds and was like “wow what kind of bullshit bathroom has no urinals” and proceeded to use one of the stalls. As I was washing my hands a woman was next to me and I realized “oh I’m in the women’s room” Guess that’s illegal.
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Cautious_Fly1684 Apr 1, 2026 +5
I think it means transgender people are forbidden from going potty in public. They can only pee pee at home.
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TripleJess Apr 1, 2026 +14
I sense that you’re being glib here, but it’s a serious issue. It’s gotten to the point that my fellow trans people have a lot of of us who are afraid to use public bathrooms, to the point that some of us will purposely dehydrate ourselves for a long days out so that we don’t need to use public restrooms. There is a marked higher incidence of urinary and kidney damage to trans people, specifically from holding in their urine for too long rather than using public bathrooms. And that was before it was a felony.
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joeydrinksbeer Apr 1, 2026 +6
I’m trans and training for a marathon. I’m chronically dehydrated because I also work as a landscaper and have to use public bathrooms typically at work. It’s awful out here
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aculady Apr 1, 2026 +3
It's known as a "urinary leash", and it was used against all women in the US not that long ago.
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +3
I've worked custodial in heavy traffic places.  We had a family room and sometimes a bus would arrive with like 4 men and 30 women. I've flipped both signs to women and flipped the family sign to men to adapt.  Today in Idaho I'm not sure what I would do because that's definitely a felony.  The crazy thing is that shitting on the ground outside the bathroom is definitely not a felony so you should just shit on the ground and claim a medical emergency. Cuz republicans are super smart to make a scenario like that.💡
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CT_Phipps-Author Apr 1, 2026 +82
This is what they substitute for people having free healthcare and school lunches.
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effyochicken Apr 1, 2026 +22
I'm so goddamn tired of our national debt absolutely skyrocketing and housing prices are out of control and we're queuing up wars with countries, but somehow the most important issue needs to be which bathroom somebody uses.
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UnbelievableTurmoil Apr 1, 2026 +8
It's the GOP aka Grand Ol Pedophile way! Grifting, and discriminating on the side.
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AncientSith Apr 1, 2026 +2
Of course. They love making their country the worst it can possibly be for no f****** reason.
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papaHans Apr 1, 2026 +97
This law is gonna get some trans men beat up.
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travio Apr 1, 2026 +97
And any cis woman who doesn't conform to Idaho's female gender expectation. Tom boys and butch ladies are going to be harassed. I remember when this bathroom bullshit first started, a trans dude took selfies in the women's restroom to show how ridiculous the law was.. He was a burly bearded dude, usually in flannel, and he looked completely out of place.
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ExtraBubblyMan Apr 1, 2026 +48
Thats the point. To exclude them from public life
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Timzor Apr 1, 2026 +23
This law is going to get cis women beat up for not looking feminine enough.
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Affectionate_Buy_830 Apr 1, 2026 +25
Sounds like it is time to go to the bathroom outside in public. That is less illegal.
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justin107d Apr 1, 2026 +7
Wrong bathroom = felony Popping a squat in between the two bathrooms = misdemeanor Good job Idaho
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84thPrblm Apr 1, 2026 +35
Places to never visit ... It's not that this bill would affect me personally, but I just wouldn't want to spend money in a place where this is a priority for them.
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Raptorex27 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Same reason why I'm not visiting Texas or Florida in the forseeable future. I have a strict "no concentration camp" policy.
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RadicalOrganizer Apr 1, 2026 +50
Idaho is not a real place. Its just the worst of everything condensed
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Carcosa_The_Knife Apr 1, 2026 +46
Idaho is one of those weird places where the further North you go, the deeper South you actually are.
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +4
The Mississippi of the north
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xjeeper Apr 1, 2026 +16
It's a garbage ass state full of garbage ass people.
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whateveryousaymydear Apr 1, 2026 +17
Google: Idaho's total percentage of trans people is tied with Virginia at 0.64 percent, though the state has a smaller population at 9,600. The state has enacted seven anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025, including a trans bathroom ban and protections for employers who do not wish to provide access to gender-affirming care.
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WHSRWizard Apr 1, 2026 +43
I simply cannot imagine how different the bathroom habits of these people must be from mine. I go in, do my business, wash my hands, and leave. You could have any combination of man, woman, and child you want in there with me. It won't change my routine in the slightest. What the f*** are these people doing in there?!?
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Professional-Can1385 Apr 1, 2026 +14
Bathrooms have cubicles around the toilets! Unless someone is climbing over or under stuff, there’s plenty of privacy. If they really wanted more privacy in bathrooms, they would regulate the structure of the cubicles, like make them go to the floor.
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Mec26 Apr 1, 2026 +2
I may or may not notice if there was a juggling troupe in there, so long as they were in their own stall.
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Tsobe_RK Apr 1, 2026 +4
Excatly, beyond weird
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joeydrinksbeer Apr 1, 2026 +3
They are unable to handle their sexual desires and think everyone is like them
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TransitJohn Apr 1, 2026 +15
These f****** people are insane.
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hatecirclejerks Apr 1, 2026 +35
Malicious Complience time! Report LITTERALLY everyone to whatever report or tip line this is, fill their systems, make it known it's horribly stupid. Make up reports, absue the system, whatever you have to do to get people to know how f****** stupid this is. If you do this, make sure to do it anonymously as possible for your own safety, but please idaho folk who aren't insane, this is your time to shine!
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Corran22 Apr 1, 2026 +6
I was thinking about just avoiding all bathrooms entirely and making peeing your pants in public great again
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hatecirclejerks Apr 1, 2026 +2
¿Por què no los dos?
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Send_Help_2373 Apr 1, 2026 +11
The average Idahoan, after a long hard day watching fox news and AI-generated compilations of women with dyed hair crying, gazes longingly at their confederate flag, ruing the fact that Idaho wasn't a state during the Civil War 
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Wildpony03 Apr 1, 2026 +22
So if a woman with short hair goes into a bathroom will she get arrested? Because this has happened another woman accused a woman with short hair of being trans despite having no proof other than her hair style.
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Ralph--Hinkley Apr 1, 2026 +4
My wife's cousin is gay, and she doesn't really look too feminine. She's always making a big thing about going to the bathroom in public, hoping someone will say something.
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madmushlove Apr 1, 2026 +19
I'm MTF, and I think most trans people have had more successful transitions than myself. I don't pass, but am getting FFS this year so at least there's that. So I use the men's Still though, I get men who will physically block my way in through the men's door and tell me I have the wrong room, guys who literally ask each other if they're in the wrong room, men who come in, go check the door sign, come back and ask me if they have the right room, men who go wait outside Trans people obeying the law are the ones more likely to be detained with these criminal bans
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sparkly_butthole Apr 1, 2026 +2
I tend to agree, most trans folks pass better than I do as an ftm and I get the hairy eyeball in the men's room about half the time. Which is why I try to avoid the public bathroom as much as possible. What's funny is, when I was very feminine presenting? It never bothered men if I went in their restroom.
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civil_politician Apr 1, 2026 +9
to demonstrate how ridiculous this is I suggest democrats start drafting bills that outlaw being an idiot.
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Catspaw129 Apr 1, 2026 +16
Being a civic-minded person, I'm setting out with my welding torch and gobs of various glues to shut down **all** of the bathrooms in Idaho, becasue you can never be too careful.
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LiberalKnack Apr 1, 2026 +6
Yet, public urination is at worst a misdemeanor ... go figure!
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Confident_End_3848 Apr 1, 2026 +5
How do they intend to obtain proof for these crimes? Who is authorized to do crotch checks and what would be the criteria to allow for police to require you to submit to a crotch check?
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Professional-Can1385 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Surprisingly, the Fraternal Order of Police don’t want their ppl to have to deal with this bullshit and become genital checkers.
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OrganizedChaos1979 Apr 1, 2026 +4
You know, when I go into a public bathroom to take a dump, I'm not looking around at the other people in there. I'm not a goddamn pervert.
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MissionCreeper Apr 1, 2026 +16
AKA the "force cops to look at the dicks of people wearing MAGA hats" act
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TripleJ80 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Well good thing felonies don’t matter anymore. Hell you can be elected President with a whole bunch of ‘em. Also, f this guy.
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ParkerPoseyGuffman Apr 1, 2026 +5
Genocidal b******
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kgal1298 Apr 1, 2026 +5
I hope he personally has to do the genitalia check then. God what a waste of f****** time.
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buffybot4never Apr 1, 2026 +5
This isn’t a grassroots movement, nor is it really about trans people; it’s a policy franchise funded by billionaires aimed at dismantling public education and women’s rights. Richard Uihlein (CEO of shipping giant Uline) recently funneled $15.3M into his Restoration of America PAC (late 2025/early 2026), which provides the bulk of the funding for the groups writing these bills. Uihlein and his network (including DonorsTrust) are running this exact play in Maine, Kansas, and Missouri simultaneously. Idaho is just one in a national campaign. The real target isn't the locker room; it's public school funding. By embedding "Private Rights of Action" (the $5,000 bounties), these bills create an unmanageable financial liability for public districts. Make public schools so legally radioactive and expensive that "Universal School Vouchers" look like the only sane solution. Bankrupt the public system to funnel tax dollars into private, unregulated religious schools is a well documented major goal of the Uihlein and DeVos networks. These bills also intentionally bait a Supreme Court showdown to narrow the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. If they can legally erase gender identity from "sex discrimination" protections, they can eventually roll back protections for broader groups, including reproductive rights and marriage equality. These bills also socialize the public to accept a new level of peer-to-peer monitoring. Encouraging students and parents to "report" or sue their neighbors for non-compliance. This was pioneered with Texas’s SB8 abortion ban. If you can get people to "police" each other's bodies in bathrooms, you can use the same legal framework to police everything from "subversive" library books to private medical decisions.
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Greedy-Stage-120 Apr 1, 2026 +8
I guess I won't be spending my money in Idaho now.
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Extra-Act-801 Apr 1, 2026 +9
How many trans men going to be assaulted because they went into the women's room as required by law?
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tracyinge Apr 1, 2026 +11
Their cisgender queen can shoot puppies dead and they don't bat an eyelash, but if a transgender person tries to take a leak at Target they go ballistic. I've stopped trying to figure out these mutants.
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Ralph--Hinkley Apr 1, 2026 +2
You haven't heard about her husband yet?
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GoldenTriforceLink Apr 1, 2026 +14
Guess kristi noem and her husband won’t be going to Idaho
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GeorginaFlopworthy Apr 1, 2026 +7
Her husband is a cross-dressing fetishist, not a trans person. One is changing your body to make it possible to live without being in misery and body horror. The other is getting off on clothes
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Shrimp_kisses Apr 1, 2026 +12
Its literally all the same to them. For example my dad said that weird mass shooter kid in Chicago was trans. The one with goggles, long hair and a trump flag as a cape. If you just look weird you're trans, and that's the worst crime imaginable to them.
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CheapWeight8403 Apr 1, 2026 +15
Possibly gluing myself to my US Reps office about this tomorrow. My husband is not happy about it. I'd set myself on fire but nobody remembers those people anyway. We need a complete and total divestment from these states. It has to happen and anything less allows this to continue. How do you draw attention to this. Such a small group of people and we keep being cut out of whole parts of this country. I didn't kill myself in the 90's. I made it through all this stuff. And now whole states make it illegal for me to be there. I've been to Yellowstone. My tax dollars support that state. I can't go there? How do I continue to exist in this country like this? Please stop making jokes about this. Life in prison for using the bathroom? Stop Making Jokes.
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shhhhhhark Apr 1, 2026 +3
Making themselves the idiots of the north once again. This is a bunch of fuss about nothing. Coming from the small government group who wants to inspect a person to determine their sex??? It’s nonsense. I’m not trans but, Oregonian here find yet another reason to never go to Idaho. Shame I understand parts are gorgeous.
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +6
It would actually make more sense to ban the use of a public bathroom for anyone who can't tolerate the pubic in public places (i.e. those other than you) This bill was named "making the public safe for republicans again"  we don't want republicans uncomfortable in the public when they see other humans in public places. We love privacy so much we went to force genetic tests on everyone to determine which toilet to shit in.  Republicans: biggest whiners in history. Victimized by every single thing.
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selfhostrr Apr 1, 2026 +4
No hate like Christian love
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swatjr Apr 1, 2026 +3
So are there going to be birth certificate checkers outside every bathroom in Idaho? How will this be enforced? Just another dumb law pandering to dumb people. I can say with 100% certainly a trans person has never SA'd anyone in a public bathroom. Because if it had ever happened right wing media would never shut up about it. Like how they have never shut up about the one trans person who beat Riley Gaines at swimming
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TheDarkHelmet1985 Apr 1, 2026 +5
Republicans can’t stop thinking about what’s in people’s pants. It’s disturbing.
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Grouchy_Row_7983 Apr 1, 2026 +6
I will be very careful to never spend a dollar in Idaho.
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jrob321 Apr 1, 2026 +5
If they are really interested in solving a "problem" the law should demand the access to single user gender neutral bathrooms. We all need to poop. Don't turn a bodily function into a possible source of danger for ANY individual. If being in the presence of a trans person is so detrimental to your existence you need to provide a viable alternative. Forcing a person who identifies as a woman into a men's bathroom (and visa versa) is a cruel recipe for disaster. But, then again, its pretty obvious this is the intention with laws like this.
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Interesting-Risk6446 Apr 1, 2026 +3
What about Family assigned bathrooms?
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redwing180 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Seems like an interesting way to protest this would be to back up the toilets in the state legislature men’s restrooms so they contemplate using the women’s but are potentially subject to a felony if they do so.
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FaerieQuene Apr 1, 2026 +3
They should worry about their poor education and not bathrooms
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +3
As always, boycott Idaho,Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Ohio and Florida.
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SayVandalay Apr 1, 2026 +3
Got to check this guy’s hard drive.
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Remember: you can shit on the ground and claim a medical emergency rather than risk a felony.  Nice added bonus of public defecation for Idaho to deal with.
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zubuneri Apr 1, 2026 +3
That’ll bring our gas prices down
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Libinky Apr 1, 2026 +3
How’s the hunger thing for kids?
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transneptuneobj Apr 1, 2026 +3
Ironically you're Gonna see a bunch of dudes in ladies rooms now
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Loo-Hoo-Zuh-Er Apr 1, 2026 +3
So it would be a felony for my wife to take my 3 year old son into the women's bathroom to help him use the toilet. She would have to send him off to the men's room and wish him luck with strangers. And if he cries out for her, she'd have to risk prison time to go comfort him. Idaho is truly one of the dumbest, worst states.
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MoreCanadianThanYou Apr 1, 2026 +3
The cruelty is the point. Everyone in the legislature who voted for this is a hateful bigot.
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Global_Research_121 Apr 1, 2026 +3
So a felony if a human uses a bathroom? Remember when whites only toilet and water fountains? Hows this any different? Republican party and thier donors are traitors to the United States of America
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Mr-ReDiCulouZ Apr 1, 2026 +6
Using that bathroom is a felony but Trump raping kids is okay? Republican logic.
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GeorginaFlopworthy Apr 1, 2026 +12
State by state, the US is enacting [eliminationist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminationism) policies against trans people, trying to force them out of public life and society. The republicans are just evil, but the democrats are only better *some* of the time and the vast majority of cisgender people are silent or, at best, clueless. I hope people can flee to safer places.
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ranchoparksteve Apr 1, 2026 +7
So, poop in the hallway. Is that the brilliant idea Idaho came up with? Do you have to leave the building and poop in the tater field? Amazing.
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kennedye2112 Apr 1, 2026 +6
On Transgender Day of Visibility, no less.
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wastelandingstrip Apr 1, 2026 +2
I know it's not a humane resolve, but if you're being ostracized in Idaho then defecate literally anywhere but a public restroom, in protest. Be discreet, because it's still not something you want to catch indecent exposure for, but Idaho literally deserves to step in shit for this.
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Justice502 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Can State governments decide what crimes are felonies? Seems like a federal thing.
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Mec26 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Literally they are state crimes, defined by the state. So yeah, they can.
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Happy_Feet333 Apr 1, 2026 +2
So if the men's bathroom is out of order and the restaurant says to use the women's room, you go to jail for a felony? (or vice versa) And what of the cleaning crew? Cleaning ladies go to jail if they enter the men's bathroom? Cleaning men go to jail cleaning the women's bathroom?
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Sharp-Gene-2242 Apr 1, 2026 +2
The world is on fire and this is what we’re caring about
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cwk415 Apr 1, 2026 +2
The gop is the enemy of the people 
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Blankboo97 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Idaho is a HUGA “is it family or is it farm” state, a LOT of women are going to face serious scrutiny/harassment and possible arrests.
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maporita Apr 1, 2026 +2
They are doing this ahead of the midterms because it's a winning issue for them. Keep the focus on bathrooms and away from inflation and the economy.
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VaguePredictions Apr 1, 2026 +2
Idaho is Florida’s redneck 1st cousin.
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KAM7 Apr 1, 2026 +2
As a man with ADHD that has accidentally gone into ladies restrooms before (and done a 180° the second I realized my mistake) because I just misglanced at the gender sign, this law seems real bad.
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Shot_Pool2543 Apr 1, 2026 +2
How exactly would they know? Are they going to have certified pecker checkers stationed at every public restroom?
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RiseDelicious3556 Apr 1, 2026 +1
how ludicrous. The Party of small-mindedness.
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Aggravating-Ear-9777 Apr 1, 2026 +4
Pee in the street. Everyone has to go, male, female or anyone in between. This is crazy stuff.
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tracyinge Apr 1, 2026 +5
yes that's just a misdemeanor so definitely the better way to go.
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literallytwisted Apr 1, 2026 +3
Did they mean "signed" like write a whole two names or would it be more accurate to say he "Made his mark" by putting an X or a little Swastika?
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JohnZombie666 Apr 1, 2026 +4
That tracks for a state that allowed the plate “P4JESUS”
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tomgratz Apr 1, 2026 +3
Where are they supposed go poop, in the lobby ?
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FaceUnseen Apr 1, 2026 +3
Fuc# living in this state. We are moving.
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DIRTYDOMLIV Apr 1, 2026 +1
I may be incorrect but is this not against the civl rights Act of 1964.
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Reginald_Bigsby_III Apr 1, 2026 +3
Shithole state
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AmbitiousProblem4746 Apr 1, 2026 +2
The Trump Administration is also weaning trans prisoners off of their meds if they're in a federal prison. Normally you would still get your medicine like all prisoners do because it would be considered essential to your health and well-being, but not anymore. So I'm wondering if that will no longer be a policy in states like Idaho, if it ever was
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DemandredG Apr 1, 2026 +3
F*** Idaho and its population of small-minded bigots.
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Rebound4july Apr 1, 2026 +3
Why are Republicans so obsessed with transsexuals?
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GeorginaFlopworthy Apr 1, 2026 +2
It's a mix of misogyny, homophobia and just lizard-brain disgust. The idea that people can move between the sexes is terrifying to them (a) they may be sexually attracted, thus making them gay (weirdly enough my gay brothers are the least likely to be attracted to me as a trans woman), (b) it challenges their own worldview about the 'sacred' differences between men and women and given that misogyny is rife amongst the right, makes it more obvious how irrational it is (c) the right generally fear difference far more, (d) the right fear change far more. I've also wondered if many of the anti-trans types hold long-term resentment because the moral panic over gay men and women largely settled down and they see trans people as the queer people who they can persecute. There's also many super obsessive anti-trans people which honestly veers into mental illness - they're more obvious over here. JK Rowling is one of them (but not the worst in terms of obsessiveness) Sorry for essay.
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Elseiver Apr 1, 2026 +6
Appreciate the sentiment but please don't slur us in the process. 'trans people' or 'transgender people' is fine. 'Transsexual' implies that internally you don't see yourself as your presented gender. In order to get gender-affirming surgeries, we have to first prove to a psychiatrist we're actually trans and not a fetishizing transsexual, so its often seen as an offensive term for us.
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GeorginaFlopworthy Apr 1, 2026 +1
I'm a transsexual, it just means you're a trans person who has medically transitioned to at least some degree. 'Transgender' has never sat right as it's my sex that is the most important part of transition...and frankly, the world would be a better place if it was gender-free.
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C-c-c-comboBreaker17 Apr 1, 2026 +10
The reality is that is not the way the word has been used in the US for the last 30 years
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Elseiver Apr 1, 2026 +1
>I'm a transsexual, it just means you're a trans person who has medically transitioned to at least some degree. Yeah, this isn't at all how psychiatrist here stateside use the word. Its literally a label I had to fight against to get the letters needed to secure access for my bottom surgery. Its something I dreaded would stick to me and prevent me from getting it if I couldn't answer his questions about my identity and gender journey right, despite my birth certificate change, name change, years of HRT and voice training, etc. Other people using that word for me is something I associate with trauma and fear. So you're welcome to try reclaim it and label yourself that way if you want, but I'd appreciate it if you don't try to define me under that umbrella alongside you.
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-_GhostDog_- Apr 1, 2026 +2
How do they think they're gonna enforce that?
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Revoran Apr 1, 2026 +8
Selectively. Much like Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians.
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nearlyclosetoalmost Apr 1, 2026 +2
Ah yes, Idaho, beautiful land with more miserable, backwater, racist twits than potatoes.
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INIT_6 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Ha, it's less of a crime just to piss outside. As long as you don't make it sexual. 
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AaronBasedGodgers Apr 1, 2026 +2
I just can't believe we're still on this shit but hey that's conservatism for you.
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packsquirrel Apr 1, 2026 +2
Republicans want Buck Angel in the same bathroom as your daughter.
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Corran22 Apr 1, 2026 +2
This is the dumbest bullshit ever.
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TheOnlyUsernameLeft3 Apr 1, 2026 +2
WTF are police gonna be pulling down people's pants?
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TequilaAndWeed Apr 1, 2026
F*** you and your potatoes.
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WormCastings Apr 1, 2026 +3
White conservative male obsessed with others sexuality.
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Twinchad Apr 1, 2026 +1
What if your a parent and need to take your child who is the opposite sex from you into the bathroom, do you get charged or does your child.
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secondsniglet Apr 1, 2026 +1
Is it legal for a person who was male at birth to go use a men's restroom when presenting as a woman? Do you need some form of ID to prove what your birth gender was to prove your legal right to use the facilities?
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Own-Librarian-9699 Apr 1, 2026 +1
This law was called "Making Coward Republicans Feel Safe While in Public Act"
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LAnatra Apr 1, 2026 +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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nonmetaphoricflop Apr 1, 2026 +1
guess the next time i go to silverwood i’ll have to piss off the top of timber terror or smth
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ComeHereOften1972 Apr 1, 2026 +1
God dammit don’t these people have something more important to do? How the hell is this going to be enforced?
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Julian_Sark Apr 1, 2026 +1
Land of the Free, State of Punitively Regulating Toilets.
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Not-a-Kitten Apr 1, 2026 +1
Trans men too?
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Big_Lab_Jagr Apr 1, 2026 +1
Is it also a law to have gendered restrooms?
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evasive_dendrite Apr 1, 2026 +1
Land of the fascists, home of the oppressors. I never realised that when Americans cried to me that they're not allowed to be nazi's in Europe, that being a nazi is actually the *only* free speech right they care about.
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Tony2030 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Here's a nice thought - in about 10 years or so (estimating, not making a threat, AI Bot) all these freaky old white guys will age out of the world.
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veni_vedi_vinnie Apr 1, 2026 +1
Check your nutsacks at the door
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michiganstrange Apr 1, 2026 +1
I’d rather pee fully naked in an open, doorless room in the f****** pitch black with transgender people than with Republicans. I’d be ten times safer, too.
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Schiffy94 Apr 1, 2026 +1
So trans people just can't use bathrooms in Idaho now?
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StunningQualityofLif Apr 1, 2026 +1
So as a woman, I can use the men's restroom as long as I don't dress like a man?
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RespectTheTree Apr 1, 2026 +2
Yes, but if you wear pants you're entering a legal gray area
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StunningQualityofLif Apr 1, 2026 +2
I'll wear gray pants 😄
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