Idaho Law Barring Transgender Females and Intersex Athletes Leads to Lawsuit in Boise

By Christie A. Theriault & Michael S. Carroll, PhD   On March 30, 2020, Governor Brad Little signed two bills into law in Idaho, both of which were regulations pertaining to transgender individuals. A transgender individual is defined as “someone whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth” (GLAAD, 2018). Idaho House Bill 500, also referred to as the Fairness in Women’s Sport Act, barred transgender individuals from participating in sports aligned with thei