‘Trans People Are a Myth’: Idaho Republicans Pass Extreme Bathroom Ban Carrying 5-Year Prison Sentence

Their logic, such as it is, is that since trans people don't exist, anybody in the "wrong" bathroom is there for nefarious reasons.

It's false to anybody with a brain, because trans people do exist. In fact, even if you think gender dysphoria and trans identity are not how they're commonly described, harsh punishments for using the "wrong" bathroom still don't make sense, because the logical conclusion would be that those people are misguided or deluded, not predatory.

Still, it behooves us all to understand the emotional reasoning behind gender-segregated bathrooms: in most cultures (at least Western ones, but I think it goes further) there is a deep-seated idea that certain things are wrong if done in the presence of people of the other gender. Cultures with very different attitudes to nudity, for example, still have gender-segregated baths and saunas. I don't think there's any logical reason for this, but people (especially conservatives) feel the need to preserve it: the idea of gender-neutral bathrooms is crazy to them.

What, then, do you do with people who say their gender is other than what you, the dominant culture, say it is? Do you let them use the bathroom/shower/sauna they say they should? But then ANYONE could say their gender is different, and you wouldn't have gender segregation at all! Oh no!

And actually, I agree with this. I think if you're going to let people pick which bathroom they use according to their self-identification, gender segregated bathrooms are pointless, so we should get rid of them. Of course, this is not a popular view even among moderate left-wingers in Western countries, never mind Republicans, so we have this stupid culture war.

That's The thing i was asking myself too.

Thank you very much for banning me. Now I can go finally touch grass and not read the Internet and fascist going ons.

Is the wording in this really that trans people can't use certain bathrooms, or that people must use the bathroom that aligns with their sex?

They probably don't care about trans people existing, just blaming the smallest minority group for distraction until it doesn't exist anymore, then going to the next bigger one.

Now why'd you have to go and ban me from everything? grrrr

Give yourself credit for bravery, fortitude and resiliency. As a hetero white cis male, there are zero states I feel comfortable existing in.

No such thing as doesn’t pass. You tell me you’re a woman? Who the fuck am I to question what you feel in your bones? In the spirit of the republicans making shit up to disenfranchise, I hereby declare that you pass. As whatever the fuck you want, whenever the fuck you want to.

I will even print you a pass.

I appreciate the sarcasm, but their actual "thought process" (yes, that belongs in quotes) goes something like this:

• Real trans people don't exist.
• Therefore, anyone claiming to be trans is either in need of mental healthcare to "fix" them, or else they are lying.
• If they are lying, then their attempt to use an opposite gender bathroom means they must be doing so for reasons that put other people in danger.
• In order to "protect" people from the lying liars, we need to make it illegal for someone to be in the "wrong" restroom.

what about the witches.

Actually that sounds right up a politicians alley. Can't have Bigfoot protest cuz he's not real.

My first thought! Okay they are a myth so what’s the point of your bill?

You legislating against Bigfoot?

No?

The vigilante move is to protect your trans homies by taking out the cop who is trying to arrest someone for being fuckin trans.

AI, probably. Thats how they determined what grants to cut, after all.

Can't define something like that when they know it's subjective.

Like, October?

Trans people havent been stoned to death yet, so the gays still have some more time left.

We could compromise! Abolish the police. No one gets hurt that way!

The goal is not to have a proper rule, it's to hurt people, and to have additional thing they pin on people they hate.

https://www.advocate.com/news/lesbian-mistaken-transgender-arizona-walmart

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/a-cis-employee-was-harrassed-by-a-customer-who-thought-she-was-trans-walmart-fired-her/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/non-feminine-women-say-theres-an-escalation-of-for-using-the-womens-restroom/

They don’t care if you’re trans or not. It’s to punish people for not conforming.

Ah, see, you're making the mistake that most well-intentioned but naive people make - you're assuming these people need evidence to enforce their transphobic laws

Without checking people gentiles?

Oy vey!

And yet, you knew they were trans men. That's how the law will be enforced. Are you a trans guy who works somewhere and illegally uses the men's bathroom? All it takes is one bigoted coworker finding out you're trans, and they can then have you arrested. They may even be able to use your personally for thousands of dollars. So even if the police won't bother with such bullshit, they still may be able to attack their trans coworker. And ultimately, in a case like this with a bigoted employee suing a trans coworker, the employer would most likely just fire the trans person to make the problem go away.

Yes. If the damage is less than $1000, it's a misdemeanor, which is up to a $1000 fine and a year in jail.

the RIght wing of the world needs a new boogeyman for thier culture wars, right now its trans.