A U.S. District Court judge blocked implementation of a new Idaho law that would prevent transgender students from using restrooms that do not match their biological sex at birth in public schools.
According to court documents, Judge David Nye said in his temporary restraining order that “preserving the status quo pending a more complete review is the most fitting approach at the current juncture.”
“This is not a full adjudication of any argument on the merits. The Court is simply holding S.B. 1100 in abeyance and preserving the situation as it existed prior to the parties’ disagreement,” Nye said.
“School districts may choose how to organize their bathrooms, changing facilities, and overnight accommodations — whether that is sex-separate or transgender-inclusive; whether it is consistent with what it did last year or not. But the State of Idaho will not be mandating that decision at this time.”
From Fox News:
The restraining order prevents Idaho public schools, which are scheduled to reopen for the school year Aug. 16, from enforcing gender-separation rules in its bathrooms. The injunction comes as a seventh-grade student, who identifies as transgender, joined by the school group Boise High School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance, sued the state last month arguing SB 1100 violates the student's privacy and discriminates against gender.
