The law goes further than laws in other states to restrict which bathrooms transgender people can use in public places.
A judge ruled Tuesday that transgender people won’t face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms that match their gender identities.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford puts on hold enforcement of key components of a law adopted in March — and set to take effect July 1 — that went further than laws in other states to restrict which bathrooms transgender people can use in public places, including privately owned places where restrooms are open to the public.
“This ruling will allow transgender people throughout Idaho to find and use a public restroom,” Lambda Legal lawyer Kell Olson said in a statement Tuesday, “without the fear of arrest looming over them, while we continue the longer fight to permanently defeat this discriminatory law in court.”
…yay… we managed to not make peeing illegal for some people…
Either way, a win is a win.
Incredibly apt comparison. I would like to see how folks who want this bill would react to your proposed reframing but am unsure they would be capable of fully acknowledging it.
In this day and age I’ll take any win we can get.
Hopefully those voters in Idaho can push the elected officials who pushed for this bill out in their next election.