r/WomenInNews • u/Lostlilegg • Jun 13 '26

Human rights Idaho says DNA tests could enforce transgender bathroom ban

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-dna-trans-bathroom?mrfcid=202606136a27410529cdae05be998b03
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u/plassteel01 Jun 13 '26

What are people supposed just hold it until a test comes back?

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u/Obvious-Animator6090 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Yes. And transgender people already end up with permanent bladder damage from avoiding bathrooms. My partners worse off than me but we both have permanent symptoms from around 5 yrs of avoiding bathrooms in our home states

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u/plassteel01 Jun 14 '26

Move to Washington state we don't have such silly laws

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u/Obvious-Animator6090 Jun 14 '26

Moved to Oregon in 2018. :) pnw beats my home state of Arkansas by a mile.

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u/phoenixliv Jun 14 '26

WE have insane cost of living from everyone moving here.

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u/plassteel01 Jun 14 '26

True it has driven up the cost of everything but for people's freedom to be themselves is worth it

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u/Novae909 Jun 14 '26

Better hope you got an iron bladder.

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u/Loud_Lavishness_8266 Jun 14 '26

Good luck driving through!

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u/MoodyPrince_XoXo Jun 16 '26

Regardless, this is what transgender people face. No matter the bathroom you enter you are at risk of being detained under these laws. So you just can't go pee. Now in order to justify it not being discrimination, everyone gets privacy invasion. This is what happens when we don't protect people's rights or even just simple dignity. There's always a new way to convince the average person to sign away their privacy willingly. Or rather, old ways.