Anti-trans laws are killing us & making it even harder to fight back against themhttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/anti-trans-laws-are-us-making-it-even-harder-to-fight-back-against-them/ 🔗Faefyx Collington (2 June 2026)
We've said for a long time that anti-trans laws will lead to deaths in the trans community. We've cited studies time and again that show there are higher rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation for trans people who are living in a non-affirming situation or are being denied gender-affirming care.
The case against Idaho's 2023 Senate Bill 1100 was dismissed last week, with both the state and Boise High School's Sexuality and Gender Alliance agreeing to close the case. There had originally been two plaintiffs in the case, but the decision came the day that one of them graduated and therefore no longer had standing in the case to contest the ban. The other plaintiff, known in court filings only as Jane Doe, died by suicide back in January.
It's horrific that we're losing trans youth to bills like this, but the dismissal of the case she was fighting makes the situation doubly painful. It means that not only are bills like this killing us, once they have passed, but they're also making it harder to fight back against them.
The instance highlights just how much the legal system puts the onus of fighting back against these anti-trans attacks on the trans community itself. A group like the ACLU can't just go to court to say that a law is unjust; a plaintiff with legal standing has to sue, even if an organization like the ACLU is helping. That means they must be personally affected by the legislation, and they must fight the case for however long it takes.
