Idaho LGBTQ

On Tuesday, LGBTQ+ rights advocates dropped thousands of paper hearts from the top balcony of the Capitol onto the rotunda floors below to protest legislation they say discriminates against the queer community.

Therapists in Idaho could soon be able to turn away clients if they feel treating them would violate their religious beliefs under a bill passed by the Senate Wednesday.

Last week an Oregon man was sentenced to more than three years in a federal prison for violating the “Hate Crimes Prevention Act” and trying to run over three people with a car in Boise.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked an Idaho bill banning transgender students from using restrooms, lockers, showers or other school facilities that align with their gender identity.

One year after the Boise Pride Festival canceled a kids' drag show and some sponsors dropped support, organizers are returning with a new theme: Be Proud and Be Loud.

This Friday, Sept. 8 the 34th annual Boise Pride Festival kicks off, celebrating Idaho's LGBTQ+ community.

Transgender women and girls will be allowed to continue playing public school and college sports in Idaho after a federal appeals court ruling Thursday.

The couple started the Queer Cupboard in 2020, a pantry they’ve run out of their garage to meet the needs of the local LGBT community.

The mid-October arrest of a Boise man, accused of assault including the use of his vehicle as a weapon, garnered plenty of media attention. A short time later, he was also accused of burning a Pride flag that had been flying outside a Boise home. But what was not widely known at the time of the arrest of Matthew Lehigh, was that his first alleged assault was on a transgender woman at her workplace – the Boise Downtown Public Library.

A drag performer in the Coeur d’Alene LGBTQ+ pride event this summer filed a defamation lawsuit against a North Idaho blogger who accused him of exposing himself on stage.