GOP passes forced outing bill punishing adults who “aid & abet” trans kids

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

GOP passes forced outing bill punishing adults who "aid & abet" trans kids

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/gop-passes-forced-outing-bill-punishing-adults-who-aid-abet-trans-kids/ 🔗

Molly Sprayregen (31 March 2026)

The Idaho legislature passed a bill on Monday that requires child care providers, health care providers, and educational institutions to out trans kids to their parents if they express any desire to act in a way perceived as discordant with their sex assigned at birth.

H.B. 822, named the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act, aims to close a "loophole" in the state's anti-trans laws...

That loophole, Toews said, is the fact that the state's gender-affirming care ban does not cover social transitions, which he referred to as "the process by which vulnerable children are led into the pipeline."

It defines social transition as "the process by which an individual goes from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to the individual's sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from the individual's sex and may involve social, legal, or physical changes, including adopting a name, pronouns, appearance, or dress that does not correspond to the individual's sex."

The covered entities, then, must notify a student's parents within 72 hours if they request to be referred to using new pronouns or a different name than their legal name; if they ask to use facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms that don't correspond with their sex assigned at birth; or if they ask to join a sports team that does not align with their birth sex.

Not doing so, the bill says, means "aiding and abetting" a child's transition before parental consent is obtained. Parents will also be allowed to sue entities for violating the bill, and the attorney general will be authorized to seek civil penalties of up to $100,000.

[Moonflower]

What the...

One of my kids thought that moving to Idaho was a great goal a few years ago. I have friends in Boise who are progressive and love being there. This news shocks me. I'm so upset by what is happening.