Wanna pee in Idaho? First, get a forced DNA test to prove your gender...

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Wanna pee in Idaho? First, get a forced DNA test to prove your gender, state GOP lawyer suggests

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/wanna-pee-in-idaho-first-get-a-forced-dna-test-to-prove-your-gender-state-gop-lawyer-suggests/ 🔗

Greg Owen (11 June 2026)

A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced DNA testing.

House Bill 752, which passed the Legislature this year with only Republican votes, prohibits trans people from using public restrooms that match their gender identity, both in government-owned buildings and private businesses that serve the public.

The suit says the Idaho law — one of three recently passed by Republican legislatures that impose criminal penalties on offenders — violates the plaintiffs' constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, and privacy. The challenge was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Idaho, and Lambda Legal.

Following the hearing, ACLU of Idaho attorney Emily Croston said the state didn't help itself on the issue of enforcement.

"I don't think the state has an answer for how you identify someone's biological sex," Croston told reporters. "Are we just going to look at folks as they enter a restroom and determine whether we think they look enough like a man or a woman? That's ridiculous."

The ACLU notes that analyses of public safety data have found policies inclusive of transgender people's access to public accommodations have no impact on rates of harassment or violence, while policies that restrict access actually increase the risk of harassment and violence. Trans people are four times as likely as their cisgender peers to be the victims of violence.