CRIMINALIZING EXISTENCE: Idaho Senate advances bill that could jail transgender people for using public bathrooms

A proposed anti-trans law would turn everyday life into a criminal risk—forcing trans people to choose between arrest, exposure, or harm in public spaces.

An Idaho bill that could make it a crime for transgender people to use restrooms aligned with their gender identity is now before the state Senate, advancing one of the most punitive bathroom proposals in the country.

House Bill 752, already approved by the Idaho House in a 54–15 vote, was taken up this week by the Senate, where Republicans hold a 29–6 m…