Idaho Trans Bathroom Law Can Take Effect, Appeals Court Says (1)

An Idaho law requiring students to use restrooms corresponding with their “biological sex” can take effect after a federal appeals court Thursday rejected a student association’s request to block the law.

The Sexuality and Gender Alliance at Boise High School is unlikely to prevail in its legal challenge to Idaho’s Senate Bill 1100, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled. The suit alleged the law violates the US Constitution’s equal protection clause and the federal Title IX civil rights law by discriminating against transgender students.

The Idaho legislature, which passed the bill in ...