Lawsuit Challenging Idaho's Bathroom Bill Dismissed After Student Plaintiff Dies by Suicidehttps://www.them.us/story/idaho-bathroom-bill-plaintiff-suicide-graduation 🔗Mathew Rodriguez (22 May 2026)
A 2023 Idaho bathroom bill is now permanently in effect statewide following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the anti-trans legislation.
Attorneys for the Sexuality and Gender Alliance, a student group at Boise High School, and the state agreed to dismiss the lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday following the death of one plaintiff and the high-school graduation of another, per Idaho Education News.
The late plaintiff, as Idaho Education News noted, was a trans student who died by suicide in January, identified only in court filings as Jane Doe. Lawsuits against the bathroom ban were currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court of Idaho.
Now in effect as of May 2025, the law bans students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender assigned at birth and also permits students to sue schools if they encounter a trans person in a public restroom or changing facility for a minimum fine of $5,000, per Boise State Public Radio.
"From the district court to the Ninth Circuit, we defended Idaho's right to protect students' privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms," Attorney General Raúl Labrador said in a news release Thursday. "Idaho families can be confident that this law is fully in effect and will remain so."
