Transgender Rights

Two transgender girls and their families are suing the state of Idaho ahead of the implementation of a new law that would criminalize gender-affirming care for those under 18.

Local students are raising money to help trans minors receive gender affirming care out of state ahead of a newly passed law banning doctors in Idaho from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to trans patients under 18.

The ACLU of Idaho said it will sue the state to halt the implementation of a law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Transgender people under the age of 18 in Idaho will no longer be able to get puberty blockers, hormone therapy or gender-confirmation surgery beginning next year.

Transgender youth in Idaho are close to being unable to obtain cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers or sex-reassignment surgery.

A bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors is headed to the Senate floor for amendments.

Idaho could become the latest state in the country to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under 18.

A bill banning transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in public schools is another step closer to becoming law.

Idaho could become the latest state in the country to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under 18. Lawmakers supporting the bill paint these treatments as ineffective and harmful with high rates of regret, but research shows the opposite.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including a new bill criminalizing health care for trans youth, a petition to dissolve the Meridian Library District and some alarming warming trends in the Mountain West.