Idaho lawmakers passed a sweeping bathroom ban Friday, approving legislation that would make it a crime for transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, even inside privately owned businesses.
If Republican Gov. Brad Little signs the bill, Idaho will have the strictest bathroom ban in the nation, subjecting people to time behind bars if they knowingly enter a bathroom, locker room or changing area that does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and sentenced to a year in jail for a first offense, or a felony with up to five years in prison for a second offense.
So, without the bathroom bill, I would assume that I, an average dude, would be physically hindered from entering women’s bathrooms? Or will this bill actually add armed guards?
I am confused as to what this bills actually changes… I mean, I’m under the impression that there’s nothing is stopping me as it is. At least that is my experience.
Just to clarify: During a diaper emergency of one of my kids, I had to use the women’s restroom, as men’s restroom at that particular establishment didn’t have a suitable place for changing a diaper.
EDIT: Oh, so it’s actually just Scumbag Signaling? Who woulda thunk…
I mean, not really. It provides a very real risk of a prison sentence if convicted of using the bathroom of your gender and the potential to out yourself and risk physical or sexual assault for using the bathroom of your birth sex.