In Idaho, a transgender man with a state-issued ID listing his sex as male could be arrested for washing his hands before dinner.

That is not a hypothetical. That is the reality of Idaho's anti-trans bathroom ban — a law that makes it a felony for transgender people to use public restrooms that match their gender identity. When a federal judge asked how exactly the state planned to enforce it, Idaho's Solicitor General had an answer: DNA testing. Possibly without consent. Possibly without a warrant.

Lambda Legal attorney Kell Olson — a transgender man himself — described the impossible choice the law creates. Go to the men's room and risk arrest for violating the law. Go to the women's room and risk assault, harassment, or someone calling the police because you look like you don't belong there. There is no safe option.

This law does not just harm transgender people. A Black cisgender lesbian in Arizona was already confronted by sheriff's deputies in a Walmart restroom in 2025 after someone assumed she was transgender. Representatives Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert confronted a cisgender woman in a Capitol restroom after mistaking her for a trans congresswoman. Bathroom policing harms everyone.

A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether to issue an injunction blocking enforcement while the legal challenge plays out. The public must make clear which side of history they are on.

Sign this petition to demand the federal court block Idaho's anti-trans bathroom ban and protect every person's right to use a public restroom without fear of arrest or DNA testing.