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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday April 19, 2020 ( 2 items )  

ACLU, Legal Voice File Lawsuit Challenging Idaho's Law Targeting Transgender Student Athletes
BOISE, Idaho, April 16 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: A lawsuit was filed challenging Idaho's recently passed law that bans women and girls who are transgender and many women and girls who are intersex from participating in sports. Gov. Brad Little signed the law, HB 500, making Idaho the first state to impose   more

Lambda Legal Asks Court to Confirm Idaho Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling
BOISE, Idaho, April 17 -- Lambda Legal issued the following news release on april 16: Lambda Legal filed a motion with the U.S. District Court to confirm that its March 5, 2018 ruling, which ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to correct the gender markers on their birth certificates to match their gender identity, bars enforcement of the recent bill signed into law by Gov. Brad Little, which reinstates a ban against such corrections by transgender people. "  more