Trans Students Want Judge to Block Idaho Law Keeping Men Out of Women’s Dorms and Restrooms
“They say they have used restrooms aligned to their gender identity, for years, and without incident.”
Why is it so important for these students to have access to women’s dorms and bathrooms?
The College Fix reports:
Students ask judge to block Idaho law keeping men out of women’s dorms
An Idaho law that keeps men out of women’s dormitories and restrooms on public college campuses is being challenged in court.
Two students who identify as transgender, one at Boise State University and the other at the University of Idaho, filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal judge to block House Bill 264, the Idaho Capital Sun reports.
The law, which passed in April, prohibits individuals of the opposite sex from entering a bathroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters that is specifically designated for men or women. It applies to public higher education institutions, as well as abuse shelters, juvenile correctional centers, and correctional facilities.
One of the plaintiffs, Sophie Smith is a male who identifies as female and “frequently uses the women’s restrooms at U of I without incident,” according to the lawsuit. Smith’s name is a pseudonym.
Smith, who is referred to as “she” in the case, “does so with the permission of administrators, to whom she previously came out as transgender,” the complaint states.
The second plaintiff is a female who identifies as male, and is not “out as transgender to most people on campus,” the lawsuit states.
According to the Capital Sun:
They say the two campuses have only a small number of restrooms that are open to all users, regardless of sex. They say they have used restrooms aligned to their gender identity, for years, and without incident. If they are forced to use restrooms consistent with their sex assigned at birth, the plaintiffs say they would be outed as transgender in their campus communities.
“HB 264, if it remains in effect at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, will prohibit BSU and U of I from allowing plaintiffs to continue using restrooms that align with their gender identities and how they are perceived on campus,” the lawsuit says. …
The lawsuit claims HB 264 violates the plaintiffs’ rights to equal protection and privacy under the 14th Amendment; violates federal workplace protections; and violates Title IX, which forbids discrimination in schools on the basis of sex.
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“They say they have used restrooms aligned to their gender identity, for years, and without incident.”
Too bad, Frosty — I have a sidearm I have used in exactly that fashion for decades, but I can’t do it on your campus either. Sucks for the shoe to be on the other foot, don’t it?
This law needs to stand. Pervs take note.
So building out 3rd option of unisex facilities would be considered offensive to trans people because that requires trans men to use same facilities together with trans women?
Or in other words trans are offended by other trans?
Not possible to rationalize with an irrational mind.
Sex is not “assigned at birth.” It is determined at conception. The idea that it is assigned is simply semantic infiltration that seeks to promote a falsehood.
Sex registered at birth would be more accurate. People check to see what came out and record reality. In very very rare cases is there something anomalous. Trannies however identify as the opposite of what they actually are – at least I think they all claim to be binary, just the opposite binary right?