Idaho Governor Signs 2 Bills into Law Denying Trans People Basic Rights
Posted on AllSides April 1st, 2020
From The Left
Idaho is facing a pair of lawsuits after its governor signed two of the nation’s harshest anti-transgender bills into law.
On Monday, Republican Gov. Brad Little approved two bills that had been met with widespread opposition. House Bill 500 bans transgender girls from playing on school sports teams in alignment with their gender identity, while House Bill 509 blocks trans people from correcting their birth certificates to match the person they know themselves to be. Forty local and national businesses, including Hewlett-Packard and Verizon, signed onto an open letter opposing...